Shlyakhtin: point of no return in the issue of athletes participating in Olympics – June – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 23 -. R-Sport, Oleg Bogatov All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) believes it can resolve the issue with the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games 2016, however, there is a “point of no return “in this issue, are June, told reporters the head VFLA Dmitry Shlyakhtin.

the International Association of Athletics federations (IAAF) has previously said he would not consider returning VFLA in the organization and participation of Russian athletes in the 2016 Olympics year without the application of the Federation, which is no. In Geneva, November 9, 2015, a press conference of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in which an independent commission organizations accused Russia of numerous violations of anti-doping rules and recommended IAAF suspend Russian athletes to participate in competitions under its auspices, including the Olympic Games-2016 . IAAF Council on November 13 decided to suspend VFLA.

“We believe that our team will perform at the Olympic Games. We hope so. But we understand that the point of no return, there this June “, – said the president VFLA journalists

.” we take strong challenges – added Shlyakhtin -. we have a promising guys, we prove that we, too, must be considered “

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the head of the inspection committee IAAF Rune Andersen made the first report on the work of the body with VFLA in March. In mid-November, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has created Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Cooperation with WADA and IAAF for bringing VFLA activities in compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code and the anti-doping rules of IAAF, to restore the membership VFLA in IAAF.

Olympics games will be held from 5 to 21 of August in Rio de Janeiro

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