The ICF said the banned five were being hit with “an immediate suspension pending further investigation making the offending athletes ineligible to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games”.
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– According to the McLaren Report, both athletes tested positive for trenbolone, methenolone and oxandrolone when the samples were analysed in a Moscow laboratory in August 2014 but the findings were not reported as such.
Three Russian rowers had been excluded earlier in the week, two for having previous doping sanctions, and one for having been implicated in doping by the McLaren report.
These include Dyachenko, European Champion Andrey Kraitor, Olympic bronze medallist Alexey Korovashkov along with Elena Aniushina and Natalia Podolskaia.
The 31-year-old, who won the discus gold at London 2012 and three straight world titles from 2009 to 2013, says he has “no interest in feeling the pain” of any clean Russian athletes.
The decision drew condemnation from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which said it would “inevitably lead to… lesser protection for clean athletes” and Harting has joined a chorus of criticism from Olympic competitors.
While Russia avoided a blanket ban from the International Olympic Committee, it has lost several medal contenders to new IOC rules imposed Sunday banning Russia from entering athletes who previously doped.
Only six Russian rowers have been given the go ahead to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio.
MODERN PENTATHLON: The sport’s governing body, the UIPM, has indicated it will make a decision on the participation of the four qualified Russian athletes “in the next couple of days”.
“The IOC showed that first of all there is no punishment for running a systematic doping programme in the largest country in the world. I was in contact with the president of the International Federation and I am in shock, but we won’t stop the battle”, But told the R-Sport agency.
In the case of the International Shooting Sport Federation, one of the governing body’s vice-presidents is Vladimir Lisin, who also serves as president of the Russian Shooting Union.
The IOC instead gave individual sporting federations the responsibility to determine on a case by case basis if athletes are eligible to compete.
Archery, equestrian and tennis were quick out of the blocks in confirming the eligibility of the Russian entries, while the Russian media is reporting their seven-strong sailing team are already in Rio and will be allowed to compete.
However they have also said the absence of a positive test alone will not be sufficient for an athlete to compete, and federations are required to “carry out an individual analysis of each athlete’s anti-doping record, taking into account only reliable adequate global tests, and the specificities of the athlete’s sport and its rules, in order to ensure a level playing field”.
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WEIGHTLIFTING – The International Weightlifting Federation said it would evaluate the evidence against Russian athletes once received.
