There are allegedly 11 track and field athletes, two weightlifters and one rower on the list.
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The International Olympic Committee announced last week that 31 individuals had tested positive for banned substances after 454 retrospective urine samples from the Beijing Games were examined. The federation said it had implemented this selection policy on May 20, “so that clean athletes can take part in the 2016 Olympic Games”. “Each breach of the rules is obviously different”, he told reporters.
However, the spate of doping scandals sullied the country’s and its athletes’ reputation.
The IAAF will rule next month whether to maintain or lift its ban.
Additionally, a number of nations would have their medals upgraded from silver to gold or bronze to silver.
The British quartet of Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney came fourth in the men’s 4x400m relay and they could also be handed a bronze medal if allegations that Denis Alekseyev, who was a member of the bronze-medal winning Russian team, is involved prove to be correct and he is disqualified. Later in the day, TASS reported all 14 names it says are suspected.
The head of the ROC’s legal department, Anna Brilliantova, was quoted as saying that the second “B” samples of all the athletes under suspicion will be checked in Switzerland on May 31 and June 1.
Anna Chicherova, Russian high jump Olympic champion, is shocked to see her doping test results as positive and said that she could not explain how that happened.
Perhaps it’s just a mistake.
“If the test is positive, they will be suspended, pending a hearing…”
The IOC also said that it is awaiting the result of 250 retests from London 2012, with the aim “to stop any drugs cheats coming to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro”.
“Sport is very critical to this country and the athletes have added a lot of value in this country in terms of marketing”, opposition lawmaker Chris Wamalwa said in parliament, while criticising the sports ministry for not ensuring a law accepted by WADA passed the first time.
The IOC targeted athletes who were due to compete at Rio, using more advanced testing techniques than were available in 2008. Former Wada president Dick Pound said in November 2015 that it was “pretty clear that there are a lot of performance-enhancing drugs being used” in Kenya.
Chicherova won the gold in London, clearing 2.05 meters.
Former javelin world champion Christina Obergfoell of Germany meanwhile called for tough action against Russian Federation in light of the latest accusations.
Re-tests were conducted following work between the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), with the focus on athletes who could compete at the 2016 Games, which begin on August 5.
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