“It will explore the legal options with regard to a collective ban of all Russian athletes for the Olympic Games 2016 versus the right to individual justice”, a statement said.
Advertisement
A decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – which says it is exploring legal options for a possible total ban – is expected this weekend.
CAS is due to rule on Russia’s appeal against the decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban its track and field athletes from Rio.
The global rowing federation said Wednesday it was investigating whether Russian rowers’ places at the Rio Olympics could be reallocated to athletes from other countries “if there would be a blanket ban on the Russian team or any other ban”.
A five-man disciplinary commission was set up to start proceedings against Russian officials mentioned in the report, which described extensive doping and cover-ups at the Sochi Winter Olympics hosted by Russia in 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had said on Monday that any government officials identified in the WADA report, which found evidence of widespread cheating at the Sochi Games, would be temporarily suspended.
WADA said the McLaren probe uncovered proof “beyond reasonable doubt” and recommended the International Olympic Committee bar all Russian athletes as well as officials from taking part in Rio.
The ploy involved a “clean urine bank” that was full of Russian competitors’ samples and later secretly transported by the FSB from Moscow to an FSB building located handily next to the Sochi Olympic testing laboratory, the report said.
However, the ruling to be made by the Court of Arbitration for Sports is keenly awaited and will be delivered on Thursday.
Fifa did not comment directly on claims in the report that Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who sits on its supervisory Fifa Council, had ordered the cover-up in the cases of the footballers.
No country as a whole has ever been barred from the games for doping, and Russian Federation is a major force in the Olympic movement as well as a sports powerhouse.
Smith said time was running out for additional New Zealanders to fill spots in Rio that might open up following a Russian ban.
“The right to participate at the games can not be stolen from an athlete, who has duly qualified and has not been found guilty of doping”, Bruno Grandi, president of gymnastics’ worldwide federation, told The Associated Press.
Pells says even back then, she and others on the track were sick and exhausted of being beaten by what she calls “dirty” athletes, and she says it’s high-time a strong message is sent.
Putin also noted Russian Federation remained committed to anti-doping regulations and fair competition. The World Anti-Doping Agency tasked McLaren with investigating the allegations and he uncovered a wider system of doping of Russian athletes and subversion of anti-doping rules that reached the highest levels of Russian sport.
WADA and its president, Craig Reedie, urged the International Olympic Committee to consider a total ban on Russian Federation.
The provisional measures apply until December when they will then be reviewed.
Advertisement
Last but not least, it plans to re-test all Russians who competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
