WADA recommended to remove all Russian track and field tournaments – RBC

An independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA) called on disqualify the Russian Athletics Federation ( VFLA) and ban all Russian athletes to participate in international competitions until then, until it is proved that the Russian athletes do not use doping. This was announced in Geneva at a press conference on the results of the investigation WADA.

The Commission WADA recommended to immediately announce VFLA “non-complying” International Anti-Doping Code and the International Athletics Federation ( IAAF) disqualify the Russian Federation and to ban Russians to participate in all competitions IAAF. IAAF has announced that it will consider the suspension or expulsion of its members VFLA.

The 323-page report submitted to the Commission for WADA, the International Olympic Committee ( IOC) is recommended to prevent the work of the representatives VFLA not claim Russian athletes at the competition as long as it is over the investigation and until the accusations against Russian officials and athletes will not be confirmed or denied .

In the event that the IOC will follow this recommendation, the Russian athletes could miss Olympics Рио-де-Жанейро. However, the report WADA says that timely reaction of Russian officials will VFLA avoid disqualification at major competitions.

The Commission WADA insists lifetime ban Maria Savinova, Olympic champion in 2012, and Catherine Ekaterina Poistogova, which at the Games in London won bronze. In addition, WADA recommended pozhizenno diskvalfitsirovat Bazdyreva Anastasia, Tatiana and Christina Myazin Ugarov. In addition, WADA recommended lifetime ban coaches Alexei Melnikov, Vladimir Kazarina, Vladimir and Victor Chegin Mohneva specialist and international anti-doping work of Sergei Portugalova. According to WADA, to participate in the Olympics in London were allowed athletes who had no right to do so.

Members of the commission suspects Russia of using the lab, which helped hide doping Russian athletes. The commission’s report contains information that the director of the anti-doping laboratory in Moscow Gregory Rodchenkov deliberately destroyed in 1417 doping tests. Rodchenkov gave instructions to destroy anti-doping samples three days before the commission arrived in Moscow in December last year. The samples were send for re-testing to other laboratories. The Commission recommended to deprive Moscow laboratory license.

The head of WADA Dick Pound commission said that everything points to the fact that in Russia there is a doping program, supported by the state. “I do not think that can be some a different explanation – said Pound. – It can not be that the sports minister Vitaly Mutko did not know what was happening. So, he was involved. It is possible that we are dealing with the legacy of the Soviet system. ”

Further investigation of doping in athletics world will be coordinated by Interpol.

Russia’s sports minister Vitaly Mutko said the agency » R-Sport » results of the commission WADA: « the commission concludes its work, which was created by WADA. She gave the document, which describes the various things and provides conclusions on the basis of which made certain recommendations. Do not be confused, the Commission has no right to dismiss anyone. We will give a press release at the end of the press conference, “- said Mutko.

On the eve of the British newspaper Times reported that eight Russian athletes given large bribes to officials of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for concealing the positive results of doping samples. Thus they avoid disqualification and participated in the Summer Olympics in 2012.

Some of these eight athletes later became winners of the Games.

Bribes for concealing the results of doping tests received former IAAF President Lamine Diack and former head of the IAAF Anti-Doping Department Gabriel Dolle. In total, they received € 1,2 billion, according to the The Sunday Times.

Earlier, the Ethics Committee IAAF recommended to initiate disciplinary proceedings against four officials involved in the scandal of the receipt of bribes, among them – former president VFLA Valentin Balakhnichev.

4 November Diack was arrested in Paris on suspicion of corruption. He was charged that he had received a minimum of € 200 thousand. From Russian officials for the concealment of positive doping tests of athletes from Russia. The IAAF headquarters was searched.

Also in this case the court held Diack lawyer Habib Cisse and one of the doctors of the organization. All three were questioned by the French police and released on bail.

The arrest of the defendants was made in the investigation of the World Anti-Doping Agency ( WADA).

In recent years, for doping were disqualified more than twenty Russian athletes. Including were disqualified Julia and Daria Pishchalnikova Zaripov, who won the London gold and silver respectively. Because medal in London Olympics for doping vposledsvie were disqualified Sergey Kirdyapkin Elena Lashmanova Olga Kaniskina and Tatyana Chernova.

Medals at the Olympic Games in London, gained following the Russian athletes:

Gold

Sergey Kirdyapkin ( walking 50 km)

Ivan Ukhov ( high jump)

Maria Savinova ( 800 m)

Natalia Antyukh ( 400 m hurdles)

Elena Lashmanova ( walking 20 km)

Anna Chicherova ( high jump)

Tatyana Lysenko ( hammer throw)

Silver

Julia Gushchin, Antonina Krivoshapka, Tatyana Firovana Natalya Antyukh, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Natalya Nazarova ( 4×400 m)

Olga Kaniskina ( walking 20 km)

Elena Sokolova ( long jump)

Yevgeniya Kolodko ( shot put)

Bronze

Ekaterina Ekaterina Poistogova ( 800 m)

Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova ( Marathon)

Svetlana Shkolin ( high jump)

Yelena Isinbayeva ( Pole Vault)

Tatyana Chernova ( Heptathlon)