The future of the Russian athletics will be determined at a meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on November 18 in the US Colorado Springs. On the agenda – discussion of extremely hard towards the Russian sports report of the independent commission WADA, presented on Monday, November 9 in Geneva. At the end of an 11-month investigation of the speakers argued that the Russian athletics entrenched state sanctioned culture of doping, which is shared by athletes, coaches, doctors and sports officials.
Case laboratory
The Commission has concluded that the director of the Moscow Anti-Doping Centre (IAC; Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Anti-Doping Center» ) at the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Gregory Rodchenkov not only take, but and extorted money for concealing the positive test results.
So, runner Yulia Stepanova, whose testimony formed the basis for the movie of the German broadcaster ARD, which triggered the investigation WADA, told the commission that received a positive for doping during the Russian Championship in Athletics in Saransk in July 2010, she immediately paid 30 thousand. rub. Rodchenkova for concealing results. The same amount it at the urging of his coach Vladimir Mohneva passed in August of the same year Eugene Yevsyukov, in the report he is listed as a friend Rodchenkova. Onkar coach of Race Walking and member of the Olympic Games-80 in 2012 was convicted of selling illegal anabolic steroids, before he was sentenced guilty of the same crime in 2007, the first time the sentence was suspended.
The Commission also refers, and on the testimony of anonymous witnesses for concealing positive samples Rodchenkov took 30 thousand. rub., as officials the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) – 20 thousand.
«Concerned by disqualification for any positive samples were the only athletes should contact Eugene Yevsyukov or coach Alexey Melnikov VFLA numbered samples and bribe. Then Melnikov or Onkar called up with the Moscow laboratory, indicating the sample number and saying “the result must be negative” – is cited in the report of the second secret witness. Commission WADA considered unconvincing explanations given Rodchenkova on the destruction in 1417 of bio-samples of athletes, which later could be studied in other accredited WADA laboratories.
The Commission considers that the IAC, in violation of the rules of the World Athletics Federation (IAAF) It is an institution dependent on the government – not only from the Ministry of Sports, but also from the Federal Security Service (FSB), whose agents visited the laboratory, including during the Olympic Games in Sochi. Source Commission RUSADA named the secret service spy Eugene Blotkin (translated from the English, perhaps – Blokhin). Also, sources reported that Rodchenkov had to meet with the agent of the FSB and weekly inform him about the “mood WADA».
The Ministry of Sports of Russia announced that it does not interfere in the activities of RUSADA, any job IAC, but “examine the facts and take appropriate action».
WADA on Tuesday, November 10 announced that it deprives the IAC accreditation – the decision can be appealed within 21 days at the Sports Arbitration Court in Lausanne. If the decision comes into force, and no other laboratory is not accredited by WADA, the World Cup in 2018 will take place in a country without a national anti-doping center: a similar situation was, for example, in Brazil during last year’s championship.
Case trainers
Four Russian athletes coach should be disqualified, according to the report. “Coaches have a financial interest to protect their athletes on doping tests with a positive result,” – the document says. The evidence that they colluded to falsify data, the authors call “irrefutable».
Melnikov, for example, allegedly extorted a bribe for his part was caught on doping Trust Lilia Shobukhova in the 2012 Olympics in London. The Commission confirmed the fact that the Russian Athletics Federation allegedly demanded the sum of € 450 thousand. Shobukhova for admission to the Olympic Games, citing problems with her blood passport – is circumstantial grounds for disqualification. According Shobukhova, he extorted money from her besides Melnikov also former president Valentin Balakhnichev VFLA. This case Shobukhova told and German journalists.
During the meeting held September 22, 2015 in Zurich Hotel Baur au Lac between Russia’s sports minister Vitaly Mutko and representatives of WADA, the minister did not answer why Russia was not launched an investigation into this case. As stated in the report, the Commission Mutko promised to talk with the head of the Russian Interior Ministry. There was whether such a meeting and have been taken in this regard some action, representatives of the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Interior did not respond to RBC.
Male Shobukhova Igor, however, said Tuesday he believes the transfer of money is not bribery, and extortion . In an interview with “Sport-Express”, he confirmed that his wife had paid € 450 thousand. Before the Olympics. According to him, after the Games in London, and take part in a marathon in Chicago Shobukhova became pregnant, and after decided to return to the sport of VFLA received a request to pay back the money. “For about a month after we refused, we were disqualified, – quotes its publication. – Then I get into a fuss and demanded that the amount returned. After that we gave back some reason only 300 thousand. ».
The Commission WADA insists lifetime ban dozen coaches and athletes, including coaches Vladimir Kazarina and Viktor Chegin, as well as the above-mentioned Melnikov and Mohneva.
Case runners
WADA recommended for life disqualify Russian runners Maria Savinov – Farsonovu (Olympic champion in 2012 and world champion in the women’s 800 m 2011 ), Catherine Ekaterina Poistogova (bronze medalist of the Games in 2012), Tatiana Myazin, Anastasia Bazdyreva, Christina Ugarov.
Analyses Myazin indicate the use of performance-enhancing drugs, says WADA, and secretly recorded ARD correspondent conversation athletes confirms : Recorded she admitted to using steroids and erythropoietin, that is in violation of Article 2.2 of the Code of WADA.
The arguments Bazdyreva doping also appeared in the film ARD. On it she talks about a forbidden WADA drug Parabolan, which traces in the body disappear within 90 days after termination of his admission, as well as the side effects of anabolic steroids.
Ekaterina Poistogova also appeared on video ARD: she talks about her ” Preparing to fly “in using oxandrolone, explaining the low dose (10 tablets) by the fact that with so many material traces of its three months in the body will not. While held in Prague in 2015 European Championships in Athletics employees runner asked WADA to give them a sample of the competitive test the urine. Athlete retired from the room to talk with his coach Igor Gubchenko, he advised her to “calm down.” After that, she refused to continue to communicate with the investigators.
Golos Ugarov was also recorded on film ARD: she discusses doping during training. According to the athletes, steroids, she gave her coach, Sergei Yepishin. The next film Mohni claims that Ugarov had to pay 50 thousand. Rub., To conceal the positive result of her test.
ARD recorded a conversation and Savinova-Farsonovoy – she admits doping injurious to health, but no one is due to this problem, says the admission of testosterone and oxandrolone, and argues that such preparations as Turinabol, oxandrolone and Parabolan slowly excreted throwers, as they have a slow metabolism.
In VFLA with the formulation of the question of the lifetime ban athletes disagree. “According to the rules, the first anti-doping rule violation threatens to January 1 this year disqualification for four years. If an athlete comes the second time, then, of course, already it is a lifetime disqualification. As long as these athletes out there who made public, not even a disqualification, so life they disqualify you can not even according to the law, “- said the radio station” Kommersant-FM »press secretary of the Russian Athletics Federation Alla Glushchenko.
Case Consultant
WADA believes that by working in sport must also be dismissed specialist international level on the anti-doping work Sergei Portugal, which the report called working for VFLA.
Runner Stepanov told the Commission that in 2011-2012, she participated in the competition, using dope. We knew about it, and her coach Melnikov and Portugal. In an interview with members of the commission WADA she not only repeated the words, but also showed their SMS-messages Portugalova, which indicates a positive result of their doping samples in the database are not included.
«Evidence in against Portugalova endorsements on digital media, electronic correspondence, witness statements and documents “, – concludes the report. For example, a record of a private conversation with him, which secretly made Stepanova in November 2014: it Melnikov and Portugal are discussing whether the athlete to return to doping after its temporary suspension of the use of illicit drugs coming to an end.
Portugal Private “provided by Russian athletes banned drugs and was very active in the conspiracy to cover up the positive results of the samples of athletes in return for a percentage of their prize,” the report said. All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, in whom Portugal is deputy director probably could systematically be made doping substances, which can not be identified, according to , the report after decoding negotiations Stepanova coach and medical professionals.
Property Report
The Commission WADA does not exclude the disqualification of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) entirely, perhaps – at the time of the Summer Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro . Take an appropriate decision can be the World Athletics Federation, IAAF, its president Sebastian Coe asked the Russians to answer the charges against doping fighters to the end of the week. The seriousness of the findings of the commission gave him a reason to think about “how to look for the support of the Board [IAAF] in order to launch the process of preparing possible sanctions,” quotes Coe Reuters.
In spite of the evidence contained in the report, a spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov Tuesday named charges “fairly unsubstantiated».
In a statement VFLA, also on Tuesday, said that soon submit to the federation IAAF own report devoted to the fight against doping. On any disciplinary action against listed in the report of the commission of the Federation WADA during the day are not reported. “With 90% of [the report said] we do not agree,” – said “Kommersant-FM» Glushchenko.
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