The doping scandal involving Russian athletes should be completed by November. This was stated by Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko at the enlarged meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, reports TASS.
«When will the doping saga? I think that by November, “- said Mutko, adding that the full anti-doping system should be restored by October
The Minister also noted that football doping scandal has not affected
The doping scandal erupted.. in late 2014, after the German broadcaster ARD released film about doping. The filmmakers claimed that Russian athletes regularly take illegal drugs as directed by their coaches.
In March 2016 a new round of the scandal broke after in doping samples of dozens of Russian athletes were found banned from January 1, drug meldonium . In April, World Anti-Doping Agency WADA has specified the permissible norm meldonium in the blood of athletes, after which it became aware of a possible amnesty for most offenders.
«Now we are working to restore our system. If you remove meldonium, only one athlete caught for doping! The conclusion is that we are all sitting on a dope, groundless, “- said Mutko on Tuesday at a meeting of the Federation Council
Because of the fierce scandal Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on November 13 by an overwhelming majority. I decided to temporarily suspend the membership of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF). This decision jeopardized the performance of Russian athletes at the Summer Olympics in 2016. It is expected that the decision on restoration of membership VFLA can be taken in June.
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