By Madison Williams The decision comes less than two weeks until the race. View the original article to see embedded media. With less than two weeks until the Boston Marathon on April 18, the race announced that runners who are citizens of Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate. This ban affects 63 runners out of the over 30,000 who signed up for the 126th Boston Marathon. This decision comes after the invasion of Ukraine began in February. Athletes from the two countries have been banned from various other sports across the world. The Boston Athletes Association released a pres…