For the past two years, revelations about Doping in Russian top-level sports a great deal of attention. WADA accuses Russia of state Doping. An Overview of the events.
In the midst of the machinations of The Russian Olympic Committee.
3. December 2014: it All begins with the documentary “classified Doping – such As Russia its winners”. The Image of the Russian Sports will be damaged by revelations of the German TV channel ARD about the the systematic Doping, covering up of controls and corruption in a shocking way. The documentary presents secret records with information on state-supported Doping, as well as a clearly operating in the Background of fraud and cover-up apparatus. Even the top of the world athletics Federation (IAAF) with the Ex-President Lamine Diack is involved.
16. December 2014: The world Anti-Doping (WADA) sets up a Commission to investigate the allegations against the Russian elite sport. The former WADA Chairman Richard W. Pound is leading the three-member panel, he is expert Richard McLaren, and the German police officers Günter Younger.
18. December 2014: key witness Julia Stepanova explains, you have to WADA at the beginning of 2013 in a letter in detail about the operations in Russia informed.
16. July 2015: Due to a Doping investigation, the Russian athletics Federation will provisionally be complete Walker Team from international competitions. The world Cup is held in late August in Beijing without the by far the most successful goer Nation.
1. August 2015: The documentary “classified Doping: In the shadow realm of athletics” of the ARD is presented in front of the athletics world Championships in Beijing, new evidence for crimes in Russia
4. November 2015: Diack are bribery and money laundering accused. The French justice has brought charges against the 82-Year-old. Diack should have cashed in his term in office, more than a Million euros for the cover-up of positive Doping samples, declared to a French Prosecutor.
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9. November 2015: The independent WADA Commission to the Pound shall submit its first report, the a horror picture of the Doping in the Russian athletics shows. The Commission recommends that Russia from the IAAF ruled out.
10. January 2015: WADA revokes the Doping control laboratory in Moscow, provisional accreditation. The International Olympic Committee suspended the IOC honorary member Lamine Diack.
13. November 2015: The IAAF suspended because of the serious doping allegations the Russian athletics Federation ARAF.
18. January 2015: WADA revokes Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA provisional license.
7. January 2016: The ethics Commission of the IAAF locks in the Wake of the doping scandal, the son of Ex-President Diack, Papa Massata, the former IAAF Treasurer Valentin Balachnitschjow and Russia’s Ex-head coach Alexei Melnikov life. The former Anti-Doping chief Gabriel Dollé will be locked in for five years.
14. January 2016: presentation of the second report raises the independent world anti-doping Commission of the IAAF “a complete failure in the fight against Doping and corruption”. The main responsible for the “Organisation and facilitation of the conspiracy” is the former IAAF President Diack.
6. March 2016: The supposedly big clean-up in the Russian athletics is by new accusations against the sports world shaken. A new documentation of the ARD-doping editorial presents evidence of violations of Russia’s athletics against the requirements of the world Association IAAF, and WADA.
7. March 2016: The Russian world-class player Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open in January a positive impact on Seveso information they have been tested. You self-disclose. Until the middle of April, the WADA lists more than 170 Positive Tests to Seveso information that is only since the beginning of the year on the list of banned substances. Because it is unclear how long Seveso information is undetectable, relaxes the WADA guidelines.
12. May 2016: The former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping laboratory, Gregori Rodschenkow, claims in the “New York Times” that he has in Sochi positive doping samples of Russian athletes together with the RUSADA and the secret service on state arrangement, a cover-up. 15 of the Russian medal winners in Sochi were doped. The U.S. Department of justice, the IOC and the WADA to take investigation.
17. May 2016: At the follow-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 31 athletes tested positive. Including 14 Russian athletes are supposed to be, apparently, ten medal winners. One of them is Olympic high jump champion Anna Tschitscherowa. At the same time, WADA sets up a Commission of inquiry because of the Sochi-allegations.
27. May 2016: At the follow-up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London are 23 athletes tested positive. Add to this a further positive sample from the summer games in Beijing in 2008. Eight Russian athletes are affected.
8. June 2016: Sharapova will be for two years because of their positive Tests on Seveso information locked.
15. June 2016: WADA raises serious allegations. So between the 15. February and 29. In may, a total of 736 planned doping controls have not been conducted. Control be your in Russia by athletes solid and of officials of the Russian secret service FSB intimidated disabled.
17. June 2016: Unanimously confirmed by the Council of the IAAF, the lock for the Russian athletes.So you are not allowed to start at the Olympic Games in Rio. However, there is a compromise. Individual athletes can participate under a neutral flag, unless they are involved in the Russian Doping System. So jumper Darya Klischina receives wide approval from the IAAF.
1. July 2016: Whisteblowerin Stepanova returned to her international law by the IAAF.
3. July 2016: Russia submits an appeal against Olympic exclusion of its athletes before the CAS.
11. July 2016: The International court of arbitration for sport (“CAS”) moves for a ruling in the case, Maria Sharapova in September. Thus, it is not in the Olympics.
18. July 2016: The world Anti-Doping Agency in its investigation report to the Doping Allegations surrounding the winter games in Sochi serious evidence for state-controlled Doping in Russia. In the Moscow doping lab over the years, positive samples have disappeared, the Russian sports Ministry had monitored the manipulations, the in Toronto, presented the Report. A recommendation for sanctions, such as an Olympic-exclusion, he does not.
21. July 2016: The International court of arbitration for sport, CAS confirmed the Olympic exclusion of the Russian athletes by the world Association IAAF. The CAS rejects the appeal of 68 athletes and the Russian NOK. The judgment is considered to be leading the way for the decision of the IOC regarding a ban of all Russian athletes for the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.
Tatiana Kashirina won a silver medal in weightlifting at the Olympic games in 2012 – but apparently it is by illegal means.
24. July 2016: The IOC decides against a collective punishment for Russia. Thus, the decision on the authorisation of a Russian athlete in the respective world sports federations. The IOC reacts with this decision on the previous McLaren-report, which has revealed a comprehensive doping system in Russia. Witness Julia Stepanova is not allowed to start in Rio. You don’t meet “the ethical requirements to be an Olympic athlete,” the IOC said.
7. August 2016: In contrast to the IOC restricts International Paralympic Committee (IPC), all-Russian disabled athletes for the Paralympics in Rio in mid-September.
23. August 2016: The CAS confirmed the Paralympics-exclusion.
16. November 2016: Russia sees his Sport of all the Doping accusations freed, and calls for the return to all international competitions.
2. December 2016: The IAAF confirmed the exclusion of the Russian athletics Federation.
7. December 2016: The IOC Executive terminates for the next year, with Russia because of the doping allegations only to a limited extent, are working together to want. Of a possible Complete exclusion of the Russian team in the winter games of 2018 in Pyeongchang is no talk, however, play.
9. December 2017: The second McLaren-the Report finds that over 1000 Russian athletes of systematic Doping cover-up have benefited. In addition, there have been, controlled by the Russian Ministry of sports, an “institutional conspiracy”.
29. January 2018: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following the decision of the IOC, and includes the Russian team of the Paralympics in Pyeongchang. Nevertheless, launches of Russian individual athletes under a neutral flag.
1. February 2018: The IOC must before the international court of arbitration for sport CAS a heavy defeat to accept. The CAS highlights from the IOC imposed lifetime Olympic lock against 28 Russian athletes again, because there was no individual violations of Anti-Doping rules.
20. September 2018: The WADA Executive Committee lifts the suspension of RUSADA, subject to conditions. Thus, Russia may return to the world of sports. The admission Commission of the WADA had recommended the re-approval, even though the two criteria were not fulfilled in Russia: the recognition of The McLaren-Reports, and access to the Moscow analysis in the laboratory.
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