Amsterdam: Yuliya Stepanova&rsquo;s international comeback may have ended with a torn foot ligament and disqualification, but the Russian doping whistleblower leaves with Sebastian Coe&rsquo;s blessing and seemingly ever closer to a place at the Rio Olympics.
<img title="Yuliya Stepanova" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jul/09-Yuliya-Stepanova.jpg" alt="Yuliya Stepanova" /> Yuliya Stepanova
&ldquo;I would like you to help us understand the true nature of the problems young athletes can face and how decisions they make affect them,&rdquo; said Stepanova.
She praised the IAAF for the support it had offered her. &ldquo;I hope what you did for me gives permission for more athletes. If you want to do something right, people in the world will support you to do the right thing.&rdquo;

Yuliya Stepanova&rsquo;s international comeback may have ended with a torn foot ligament and disqualification, but the Russian doping whistleblower leaves with Sebastian Coe&rsquo;s blessing and seemingly ever closer to a place at the Rio Olympics.

Yuliya Stepanova eyes Rio spot with Coe's blessing

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Yuliya Stepanova&rsquo;s international comeback may have ended with a torn foot ligament and disqualification, but the Russian doping whistleblower leaves with Sebastian Coe&rsquo;s blessing and seemingly ever closer to a place at the Rio Olympics.

Yuliya Stepanova eyes Rio spot with Coe's blessing

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