Story highlights "This has been a shameful wake-up call," IAAF president says

The international track and field group voted to provisionally suspend Russia

A report details widespread cheating among Russian athletes, coaches and lab officials

(CNN) The International Association of Athletics Federations voted Friday to provisionally suspend Russia as a member amid a doping scandal, the IAAF reported on its website.

The action will keep the All-Russia Athletic Federation, the nation's leading athletic association, out of international competition for an indefinite period that may include the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil

"This has been a shameful wake-up call and we are clear that cheating at any level will not be tolerated," IAAF President Sebastian Coe said.

"Today we have been dealing with the failure of ARAF and made the decision to provisionally suspend them, the toughest sanction we can apply at this time," Coe said. "But we discussed and agreed that the whole system has failed the athletes, not just in Russia, but around the world."

The 24-1 vote was taken by teleconference. Russia was not allowed to vote

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