Doping
Characters stand on an Olympic exclusion
The world athletics Federation will decide on Russia: for the First time, a whole Team of a Nation because of fraud in Sport could be excluded from the Olympic Games. Russia’s athletes urge IOC head Bach.
Sebastian Coe is buttoned. “I’m going to previously comment on anything,” said the President of the world athletics Association IAAF, the Austrian newspaper “Krone”. On Friday, the IAAF Council, the highest body of the Association decides, in a posh hotel in Vienna whether Russia remains due to systematic doping in the country suspended. That would be tantamount to an exclusion of the Russian athletes of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (5. to 21. August). The basis of the decision, the report of a IAAF Task Force, which has investigated whether Russia has fully implemented the required reforms in the Anti-Doping fight in the meantime. “We can come back criteria, according to which the Russians,” said Coe. According to the Task Force, there have been some areas of progress.
Inspectors have been threatened
IAAF President, Coe is at the forefront of the Councils
Another picture features
the recent report of the world Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Thereafter, in the period from 15. February up to 29. In may 2016, a total of 736 planned doping controls for various reasons can not be implemented. 52 controls had a positive result result – alone 49 on the since 1. January banned substance Seveso information. WADA reports of glaring failures of the athletes at the necessary indication of the place of stay and Try some of the athletes to manipulate their samples.The access to the athletes has been more difficult for the Doping controllers to a great extent. Often military facilities would be specified as the location to which the access only with a special permit. Inspectors were of secret agents and threats and been intimidated.
Russian NOK appealed to Bach
The Minister Of Sport Vitaly Mutko
“If Doping control need your help by the government, they tell us,” stirred up Russia’s sports Minister Vitaly Mutko: “We will do everything Possible so that control can find your every city. You must inform us only – but do not wait until the last Minute!” The National Olympic Committee of Russia appealed to Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic-to prevent From Rio. “It would be unfair if clean Russian athletes would be excluded from the Olympic Games, while some athletes from other countries could participate with a Doping past without restriction”, – said in an open letter to the Russian NOK to Bach.
Zero-Tolerance Policy
The German IOC chief will have in his own words on the subject of Doping. “We pursue a Zero-tolerance policy, which affects not only athletes, but also their environment,” had Bach written in may, in a guest contribution to the newspaper “USA Today”. “Measures of life-long Olympic-Locking on financial sanctions to the acceptance of the exclusion of a Federation as in the case of the Russian athletics by the IAAF.” A majority of the 27 IAAF Council members on Friday to vote against the re-admission of Russia, is able to follow the IOC actually hardly any different as to this decision. Never before in the history of the Olympic games, a whole team of Athletes a Nation has been excluded due to systematic doping.
Harting: “Clean athletes under the IOC flag to start”
Olympic Discus Champion Robert Harting
Prominent German advocate athletes for tough action against Russia. To “leave the Russian athletes at the Olympics start, would be the wrong Signal,” said Ex-hammer throwing world champion Betty Heidler. “The things that are expired, are assigned. The credibility of athletics and good services to restore, you have to give a clear Statement. It is a suspension, it should be done.” Olympic discus champion Robert Harting advocated the Russian athletes who have doped demonstrably, in Rio start: “It hurts Russia a lot more when you find athletes that are clean and you can be under the IOC flag start. It would be shameful for the country.” Javelin world champion Katharina Molitor spoke in the light of the present findings for an Olympic-exclusion of Russia. “It would be a good sign that systematic Doping will be severely punished,” said Molitor.