The Russian national team in athletics will miss the World Cup in the United States – RBC

The Russian national team in athletics will miss the World Cup in the US

The Russian national team in athletics will not be able to take part in World Indoor Championships to be held in March 2016 in the United States.

The International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF) announced that the inspection IAAF should make the first report on its anti-doping work in Russia not earlier than March 27, when the meeting will take place in Cardiff, the organization, the official site IAAF.

World Championship will take place March 17-20 in Portland – before the meeting in Cardiff. In this regard, to take part in the competition the Russian team could not.

On November 26 in Monaco Council of IAAF will determine the final list of criteria against which the inspection will evaluate the work of the All-Russian Athletics Federation ( VFLA).

The draft of the criteria contains the following items:

1. Immediate corrective and disciplinary action.

2. Creating an effective anti-doping structure in Russia.

3. Structural and regulatory reforms aimed against the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

4. The introduction of effective and transparent drug testing program

5. Doping Code.

Earlier, the Minister of Sports of Russia Vitaly Mutko expressed the hope that the problem with the removal VFLA will be resolved within two or three months.

«Quietly think, federations Order gave their plans . Hiring good lawyers, we’ll see. They created the Commission, to develop a joint roadmap, we will try to do it quickly. I think that in two or three months it is possible all the work done “- quoted Mutko« R-Sport ».

Last week, the Council suspended the IAAF VFLA. 22 IAAF Council member voted for the removal VFLA one was against. Member of the IAAF Council and Secretary General Mikhail Butov VFLA did not participate in the vote.

Russian athletes indefinitely can not speak at international competitions under the auspices of the IAAF. The suspension does not prohibit Russian athletes to participate in domestic competitions.

Russia also denied the right of the 2016 World Cup of Race Walking in Cheboksary and the Junior World Championships in Kazan. VFLA to restore membership IAAF will be required to fulfill a number of requirements. For this IAAF will Inspection Commission.

Earlier, the commission of the International Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA) on the results of the investigation on the use of doping in the Russian athletics remove VFLA recommended.