The second part of the report of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on corruption and doping in world athletics was made public on Thursday, 14 of January. 89-page report resembles a real detective story, in which there is a well-organized criminal network, secret meetings with the transfer of cash in expensive hotels, we intercepted e-mails stored on a hidden recorder conversations with assurances criminals on friendly relations in the higher echelons of power, including President Vladimir Putin.
corruption network
At the heart of the report – the figure of 72-year-old former president of IAAF Lamine Diack, vozglavlyashego organization from 1999 to 2015. Now Deacon has been charged with taking bribes for abandoning sanctions against Russian athletes found guilty of doping, and he is under house arrest.
The father of 15 children, the champion of France [Senegal - a former French colony] long jump in 1958 led the world athletics in 1999 after the sudden death of a heart attack former president Primo Nebiolo IAAF Italian. Preceded left Senegalese rich federation: Annual budget IAAF was $ 40 million, and the best athletes, previously did not receive her prize at the end of the 1990s have become millionaires.
According to the report of the independent commission WADA, Diack, leading the federation began to form inside IIAF system, under which the real power and control of the world athletics were in the hands of the “inner circle” of the president, made up of family members Diack and his close friends.
The main operating figures this “inner circle,” the report said, were two sons of the president of the federation – Pope Massata Diack and Khalil Diack. Technically, both are included in the guide IAAF: Papa Diack was listed as a marketing consultant for the federation, Khalil Diack – just an independent consultant without marked specialization. The next most important link in the corruption schemes Diack Commission Counsel WADA calls Habib Cisse. “They have created a narrow range, which is to monitor and filter all the information and communication management IAAF», – emphasized in the report.
Information on when rukovdostvo IAAF began its corrupt activities, the report WADA not. The events described in the document, starting in November 2011, when Lamine Diack appointed lawyer Cisse oversee the department of medicine and anti-doping work with the IAAF biological passport of Russian athletes. Athlete Biological Passport (BPS) were introduced by WADA in 2011. They observed the results of long-term monitoring of biological markers athletes, changes in which indirect evidence of its use of performance-enhancing drugs.
until November 2011. Cisse had no experience in dealing with biological passports athletes, and the Russian Athletics Federation was the only passports which oversaw the management representative IAAF, the report said. “The task Cisse was to provide the head of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Valentin Balakhnichev operational information in the process of investigation of anti-doping cases involving Russian athletes”, – the report says. Before the introduction of the BPS Russian athletes managed to apply the dope with impunity. The report secretly recorded words of coach of the Russian athletics Alexey Melnikov. “We have begun to understand how the system works only in spring 2012. Prior to that we did not understand the meaning of these charts, and no problems with doping tests we did not have, “- said the coach.
Blackmail and extortion
Getting Started in the medical department of IAAF, the first thing Cisse requested a list of Russian athletes whose BPS indicate the possibility of doping. He was given a list of 23 athletes, the report said. Within 2 days Cisse by IAAF flew to Moscow. Subsequently Balahnichev admitted the commission of inquiry that during this visit Cisse gave him lists of suspected athletes. A few days later the coach Alexei Melnikov called the agent trapped in the black list of long-distance runner Lilia Shobukhova Andrey Baranov said that his client is suspected of doping. Then Melnikov contacted with the Shobukhova and explained that she has to pay an unnamed “lawyer” 150 thousand. Euros for concealing information about the problems with its BPS, which will allow it to perform at the Olympic Games in London. By the summer of 2012, when the Games were approaching, the amount has tripled – to 450 thousand. Euro. This amount athlete passed Melnikov three parts, and each time for a week after the transfer of money to Moscow visited Habib Cisse, the report says.
After Shobukhova handed “lawyer” money, the case against her was “frozen “. It really allowed her to take part in the London Olympics in the summer and the Boston Marathon in October 2012. After this athlete had a baby and had planned to resume his career in 2014, but in 2013 VFLA still Shobukhova disqualified on the basis of abnormal APP indicators for two years. Threatening officials scandal athlete was able to achieve her return two thirds of bribes – 300 thousand euros.
As has established an investigation committee returned Shobukhova money was transferred from the account of the company Black Tiding from Singapore, belonging to a certain Iantonu Thanu. As the Commission found WADA, Tang included in the “inner circle” Diack family and not as a member of IAAF, actively participated in the activities of the federation. “Tan even named their child, born in 2014, Massata – in honor of his friend, Pope Massata Diack”, – the report says. Tang also was well acquainted with Valentin Balakhnichev, which participated in the meetings of the marketing committee IAAF.
The second case of extortion related to the Turkish middle-distance runner, champion of the London Olympics in the women’s 1.5 thousand meters Asli Alptekin . According to the report, even before the Olympics in manual IAAF knew of problems with BPS Alptekin, but reported them only after the games. After the Turkish federation warned Alptekin about Cho she may be disqualified, Papa Diack contacted her by e-mail through the management of its sports club and offered to the athlete and her husband “to discuss disciplinary matters».
The paper described several meetings with representatives of the Pope Diack Asli Alptekin in Monaco and Istanbul (where Diack flew from Moscow). First, the president’s son IAAF, threatening publicity information about doping and deprivation of athletes Olympic medals, claimed 650 thousand. Euro, but in the process of negotiating reduced their claims to 100 thousand. Euros, of which, however, was only 35 thousand. Cash. Other Turks have promised to pay after the closure of the investigation, which nesmotorya for payment continued. A year later, in 2013, to blackmail and Alptekin joined IAAF President’s second son Khalil, but representatives of the athletes do not trust family Diack, so that they only paid his flight, hotel and other expenses in the amount of 20-25 thousand. Euro. In August 2015 the decision of the Sports Court of Arbitration (CAS) in Lausanne, Alptekin was found guilty of doping and stripped of all awards received from 29 July 2010 to 2015, and disqualified for eight years.
«The situation can be resolved only Putin»
As you can see from the report, the possibility of completely discontinue anti-doping investigations from extortionists of IAAF was not, so their tactics was the maximum tightening of cases. Cisse, according to the report, the questions of medical specialists IAAF about why Russian athletes whose biological indicators show the probability of receiving illicit drugs, participate in competitions, referring to the need to “gather more evidence,” and said that in the case of mistakes and losing in sports arbitration federation will have to pay a large compensation.
The conflict with the doctors began to suspect something was wrong, I broke out in late 2012. By the time the IAAF Medical Department in every possible way prolonged the investigation of the cases of six Russian athletes whose performance was highly suspicious. This list is not found involved in corruption cases senior doctor IAAF Pierre Garnier. In February 2013 he was openly accused of corruption accomplice Diacov, head of the medical department IAAF Gabriel Dolle, who regularly sent requests for physicians’ review “samples classified as” probable doping. ” Subsequently, the Commission of Inquiry in the survey witnesses also found that Dolle has always challenged the findings of the commission of biometric passports, when it came to Russian athletes, the report said.
In July 2013, when after discovery of suspicious samples of Russian athletes took nearly two years, no action against them has been taken and before the World Cup in Athletics in Moscow was only a few weeks, a lawyer IAAF Hugh Roberts met with Lamine Diack in the office of the federation in Monaco and expressed the need to exclude from participation of at least 9 Russian athletes with “bad” passports. In response, the head of the IAAF lamented the fact that “he is in a difficult situation, which would only allow President Vladimir Putin”, which, according to the Senegalese, “he established friendly relations,” the report said. As a result, nine Russian athletes did not take part in the World Cup, and Roberts and Garnier did not bring the situation made public.
The report to the careful reservations, said that the concealment of facts doping Russian athletes may be related transaction the sale of rights to broadcast the World Cup in Moscow in 2013. In 2012, Pope Massata Diack, Habib Cisse and General Secretary of IAAF Essar Gabriel met in a Moscow hotel with Balakhnichev and an unnamed officer of the Russian TV to discuss the “problem with the TV coverage,” which, according to the report, “estimated at $ 6 million “. For more information about the “problem” in the report does not say. The authors note only that they have enough information on this subject, however, draw attention to the fact that about the same time the Pope Massata Diakite managed to agree on a sponsorship contract for $ 25 million with the bank VTB. These agreements must be checked for legal clarity, according to the WADA. The rights to broadcast the World Cup received a state holding VGTRK.
Implications
Despite the detective story the report, the new negative consequences of it for the Russian athletics will not cause should be of the answers to the WADA officials last Thursday’s press conference. “If the Russians to devote himself to solving the problem of doping, they would return to the Games in Rio. It all depends on them and on the decision of the supervisory authorities – WADA and IAAF », – said the head of the commission of inquiry, former WADA President Richard Pound. Roughly the same thing he said in November 2015 after the publication of the first part of the report.
Those involved in the scandal officials, coaches and doctors, including Valentin Balakhnichev already been punished – a lifetime ban. Lamine Diack is under investigation, his son Dad – the international wanted list, Habib Cisse – is under house arrest. Expresses some experts before the publication of the second part of the report concerns that due to doping and corruption scandal athletics could void the Olympic status is not true – according to the authors of all violations must be answered personally by the president Diack and his entourage, and the majority of high-ranking officials IAAF knew nothing about the corruption schemes, blackmail and concealing doping tests, and now actually justified.
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