Shamil Tarpishchev: It would be incorrect to comment on the prospects of our athletes in Rio de Janeiro – Soviet Sport

President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev commented on the removal of our athletes from international competitions.

– It is not necessary to arrange tragedies, it is necessary to focus on the joint
 working with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), as we
 recommended that the President of the International Olympic Committee
 (IOC) Thomas Bach.

In the end, I do not think
  we have one there is a similar situation with doping, is the world
 issues relevant to many countries. It is necessary to understand in earnest
 inside. As a member of the IOC, to me it would be incorrect to comment
 prospects for our athletes to perform in Rio de Janeiro. Can tell,
  that before the 2016 Olympics to solve all the problems completely
 actually, it is now our task number one – quoted Tarpishchev agency “All Sport».

Let us remind the Council of the International Association of Athletics
 Federations (IAAF) decided to suspend the Russian athletes on
 participate in competitions under the auspices of the organization.

And earlier, November 9 in Geneva, held a press conference 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 2016 Olympics.

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