The IOC “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”, said a statement.
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German broadcaster ARD airs documentary alleging systematic doping in Russian athletics.
Mr Huddleston was among the cohort of MPs to investigate the doping concerns, which included taking evidence from Lord Sebastian Coe.
There was also a reference to the idea of reversing the “presumption of innocence” in doping matters for Russian athletes. Sebastian Coe is elected to succeed Diack as IAAF president later that same month. Diack also charged with money laundering and conspiracy.
“The documentary presents the Russian side of the story, and offers facts that point to a consistent campaign of disinformation and harassment waged against Russian sports establishment and Russian athletes”, another press release for the program wrote.
“Russia must be able to show they have got their house in order but until then they should be banned from all global competition – not just the Olympics”.
It started in 2011 and ended four years later – well past the time when Russian authorities knew they were under the doping microscope.
WADA’s second report into doping and corruption is published.
He said: “I’ve known about this problem for quite a while, it’s been widely known that there has been doping, but now we can see there is a clear volume of proof”.
First, the International Olympic Committee said, it will “carefully evaluate” the report issued on Monday by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, who listed 20 summer sports as being part of systematic cheating in Russia and confirmed the manipulation of Russian doping samples at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
Three days after calling the claims “absurd”, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says he is “ashamed and sorry”. Key members from Russia’s anti-doping agency and even the Ministry of Sport were allegedly involved in the cover-up attempt.
“The most important for me is that our national Olympic team will go to the [Rio] Olympics”, he said.
Following the report WADA urged a ban on Russian athletes from all worldwide sports competitions, including Rio 2016. Klishina later tells AFP that she has been branded a traitor back home.
In a leaked letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the officials from the US and Canadian anti-doping agencies call for a complete ban on Russians if the Sochi report compiled by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren is damning. Instances of cheating were found in 28 sports.
Russia’s Olympic Committee pressed on Wednesday with its preparations for the Rio Olympic Games despite the threat of a ban for state-run doping hanging over the country.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach finds himself in a tricky position. IOC executive board held a meeting by teleconference on Tuesday to consider its steps in the wake of the McLaren report, which found that 28 summer and winter Olympic sports were affected by state-operated cheating in Russian Federation.
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The IOC executive decided on Tuesday to wait until after a Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) ruling expected Thursday before deciding whether a blanket Olympic ban on Russian competitors should be imposed.
