The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the Russian athlete Klavdiia Afanaseva (Race Walk - RUS) has met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition (with respect to her application to compete at the European Athletics U23 Championships) as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended.
The Doping Review Board is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski.
Afanaseva’s participation as a neutral athlete at the European Athletics U23 Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland (13-16 July) is still subject to the formalities for eligibility under IAAF Rules being completed and to acceptance by European Athletics, the organiser of the competition in question, in accordance with the rules of that competition.
With this re-admission Klavdiia Afanaseva automatically became the main favorite for the European Championships U23 Championship in Bydgoszcz, by the time 1:28:29 she did register in Cheboksary on June 10, 2017.
Here below we re-publish the updated list (in red the athletes who cannot compete)
| U23 Women - 35 (13 of Russian athletes) performances as at June 15, 2017 (under 1:40:00) |
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| Time | Pos | Athlete | YoB | Nation | Venue | Date |
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| 01:27:53 | - | Mariya PONOMARYOVA | 95 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |
| 01:28:29 | 1. | Klavdiya AFANASYEVA | 96 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |
| 01:29:56 | - | Olga SHARGINA | 96 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:29:57 | 2. | Laura GARCÍA-CARO | 95 | ESP | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:30:51 | 3. | Lidia SANCHEZ-PUEBLA | 96 | ESP | La Coruna (ESP) | 03.06 |
| 01:30:52 | 4. | Maria PEREZ | 96 | ESP | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:31:40 | 5. | Živilė VAICIUKEVIČIŪTĖ | 96 | LTU | Poděbrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:32:21 | - | Yuliya TUROVA | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:32:39 | 6. | Monika VAICIUKEVIČIŪTĖ | 96 | LTU | Poděbrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:32:44 | - | Anastasiya YEVACHEVA | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:32:57 | - | Aleksandra BUSHKOVA | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:33:18 | 7. | Anežka DRAHOTOVÁ | 95 | CZE | Poděbrady (CZE) | 08.04 |
| 01:33:46 | 8. | Viktoryia RASHCHUPKINA | 95 | BLR | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:33:58 | - | Nadezhda MOKEYEVA | 96 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |
| 01:34:05 | - | Anastasiya KALASHNIKOVA | 96 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:34:31 | 9. | Emilia LEHMEYER | 97 | GER | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:34:43 | 10. | Rita RÉCSEI | 96 | HUN | Békéscsaba (HUN) | 30.04 |
| 01:34:59 | 11. | Diana CACCIOTTI | 95 | ITA | La Coruna (ESP) | 03.06 |
| 01:35:25 | 12. | Olena MIZERNYUK | 95 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 12.03 |
| 01:35:41 | 13. | Eleonora DOMINICI | 96 | ITA | La Coruna (ESP) | 03.06 |
| 01:35:44 | - | Reykhan KAGRAMANOVA | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:35:45 | 14. | Mara RIBEIRO | 95 | POR | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:35:46 | 15. | Vіktorіya ROSHCHUPKINA | 95 | BLR | Gomel (BLR) | 22.04 |
| 01:36:20 | - | Liliya STEPANOVA | 97 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:36:48 | 16. | Tamara STASYUK | 95 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 12.03 |
| 01:36:58 | - | Anastasiya TAUSHKANOVA | 96 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:37:14 | 17. | Saskia FEIGE | 97 | GER | Naumburg (GER) | 23.04 |
| 01:37:19 | - | Yekaterina LYUBUSHKINA | 95 | RUS | Sochi (RUS) | 18.02 |
| 01:37:23 | 18. | Edna BARROS | 96 | POR | La Coruna (ESP) | 03.06 |
| 01:37:26 | 19. | Nicole COLOMBI | 95 | ITA | Poděbrady (CZE) | 21.05 |
| 01:38:19 | 20. | Rusalina POVOROZNYUK | 95 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 12.03 |
| 01:38:23 | 21. | Clemence BERETTA | 97 | FRA | La Roche-sur-Yon (FRA) | 12.03 |
| 01:38:57 | 22. | Olga NIEDZIALEK | 97 | POL | Zaniemsyl (POL) | 22.04 |
| 01:39:26 | 23. | Mariya FILYUK | 95 | UKR | Ivano-Frankivsk (UKR) | 12.03 |
| 01:39:30 | - | Mariya LOSINOVA | 97 | RUS | Cheboksary (RUS) | 10.06 |