In December 2014, amidst all the qualification rounds and preparations for the Rio Olympic Games, a German documentary rocked the whole sporting world.
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All Russian athletes sanctioned for doping in the past have been excluded from the Games.
All of Russia’s weightlifters were banned from the Olympics on Friday for doping for what the global federation called “extremely shocking” results that brought the sport into “disrepute”.
Chiller, however, feels Australian athletes should avoid getting distracted by the Russian doping situation when they are in Rio de Janeiro.
Six weightlifting medallists from the 2012 London Olympics, including three Russians, have tested positive for doping after their samples were re-examined, the sport’s ruling body said.
Around 70 athletes from Russias Olympic team touched down in Brazil on Friday ahead of next months games, which start in Rio on August 5.
The IOC’s executive board met this weekend to assess final preparations in the host city and also rule on the process for approving Russian athletes put forward by their sports’ worldwide federations (IFs). “They’re not letting [our athletes] compete for political reasons”.
Russian athletes arrive in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games on Friday.
Rado assisted by officials from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) have been implementing the International Olympics Committee (IOC) directive of testing Kenyan athletes three or more times before the Rio for them to be admitted to the competition.
“It has not been to establish Anti-Doping Rule Violation cases against individual athletes”.
Bach has defended the decision as one that protects individual athletes who have not been implicated in doping.
In addition, the IWF has punished North Korea, Romania, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Moldova by reducing the allocation of lifters they can send to Rio.
The IOC invited the couple to Rio but also ruled that Stepanova could not take part in the Games despite her role in lifting the lid on the use of banned substances.
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The IOC, who referred the decision to the Ethics Commission, recognised her contribution to the “fight against doping” but said they took into account her “own long implication, of at least five years, in this doping system”. Here’s all you need to know about what a cop-out the IOC has committed: Moscow’s minister of sport reacted positively to the ruling, proclaiming that most Russian athletes will indeed qualify to participate – and march into Rio under the Russian flag.
