VFLA many of our foreign colleagues believe that Russia does not deserve dismissal from IAAF – Kommersant

The Acting President of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Vadim Zelichenok said that VFLA received many letters of support from foreign colleagues. According to him, with whom the federation nor talked, no one believes that it deserves dismissal from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). “Honestly, with whom we spoke no recent days, no one believes that we deserve this. Many letters from colleagues overseas have received, yesterday I was in Estonia, it is not the most friendly country, but they are even without a special love for us does not support the decision on the temporary suspension of membership VFLA in IAAF », – quotes the” R-Sport “Mr. Zelichenko .

He said that the IAAF took a blow on my own, taking such a tough decision for the suspension VFLA. “We understand that the publication of the second part of the report WADA serious blow to the IAAF, this partly explains why such a hard decision of the International Federation of VFLA. It was intended to divert the blow from himself. After Coe (Sebastian Coe, President IAAF.- “b” ) is now even more difficult situation than I do. If I have nine months together with his colleagues tried it all clean up, then his time is much less, “- said Vadim Zelichenok.

However, as suggested by the head of the ARAF, the International Olympic Committee ( IOC) is unlikely to allow the absence of athletics at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, as the sport brings at least half of the income from television broadcasts. “To bring up such that athletics will not be in Rio, of course, I would not want to. And I do not think that the IOC can this prevent because athletics – it is, sorry, at least half of the television money, “- concluded Mr. Zelichenok.

Earlier, the Minister of Sports of Russia Mutko said that the problems of world athletics are trying to pass on to Russia, although initially the problem of doping is not started in Russia. He stressed that the issue of doping, “need to be addressed on a global level».

In turn, the president of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RCC), Vladimir Lukin suggested personalize responsible for doping. According to him, in the case of the use of doping by athletes responsible must carry specific culprits, not the country as a whole.

Recall, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on November 13 adopted a decision on disqualification Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) for an indefinite period in the light of promulgated at the beginning of the week the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which dealt with the situation of systematic violations of anti-doping regulations in Russia. This means that jeopardized the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Details of the decision of the IAAF, read the material “b”, “Russia took over doping ».