Accusations of systematic, state-sponsored doping and related corruption in Russia were detailed in an initial report by the WADA commission, leading to the IAAF banning the Russian athletics federation from the sport. If, therefore, the circle of knowledge was so extensive why was nothing done?

Lamine Diack, the former president of the IAAF was responsible for corruption that had embedded the body, the World Anti-Doping Agency said in their latest report on Thursday.

Pound found that Diack, a Senegalese who stepped down as president of the IAAF a year ago, had established his own "informal, illegitimate governance structure" at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The investigators were particularly critical of former president, Lamine Diack, who it accuses of sanctioning and facilitating corruption, including the extortion of Russian athletes who had failed doping tests.

His son has already been given a life ban over corruption allegations.

Besides this scandal involving tainted results in addition to good old fashioned corruption, we aren't anywhere close to its conclusion. "And, as they say, experience is what you get when you don't get what you want". "He did so to enable Cisse to manage and follow up Russian athlete biological passport cases". However, critically, Pound gave his full backing to Coe remaining as president, saying he could not think of anyone better to reform the organisation.

In a report that was often vague and carefully hedged many of its findings, WADA said there "appears to be a connection" between the awarding of broadcasting rights to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, which were held in Moscow, and "muting the discovery of some positive samples by Russian athletes".

Coe was in attendance at the news conference in a Munich hotel, which attracted huge media attention, and French prosecutors who are also investigating were present as well.

- Coe has performed a U-turn and acknowledged that there was an IAAF cover-up, but maintains he was personally unaware of any corruption and has vowed there can be no repeat of such a "horror show". Tygart said nothing he read in Thursday's report changed his mind.

"It's a fabulous opportunity for the IAAF to seize the opportunity and move forward but I can't think of anyone better than Sebastian Coe to lead it", Pound said.

Afterwards, Pound told reporters that it would have been hard for Coe to act alone even though all IAAF Council members would have been aware of the nepotism and problems with Russian doping.

But it says that as an IAAF vice-president and member of the IAAF Council until August, Coe should have had knowledge.

Russia's track and field athletes should not be allowed to compete in the this year's Rio Olympics as the country can not prove it is compliant with the doping rules, America's top anti-doping official said on Thursday.