On Aug. 7 the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced disqualification of the Russian Paralympic Committee and banned Russian para athletes from participating in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following the report by the Independent Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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Mr Lukin added that he was ready to prove that the Russian Paralympic team fulfilled all its anti-doping obligations.
The decision to exclude Russia’s entire Paralympics team, announced on Sunday by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), means at least 250 Russian competitors are set to miss the September 7-18 Paralympics.
“First, 270 clean Paralympic athletes, who have never had any violations, are punished, their fates are being broken.” said Lukin.
They are directly involved in the disgusting incident like doping. The Russian Paralympic Committee is going to protest the decision in court, but the lawsuit has not been filed yet.
ACSM’s leadership called the decision bold, regrettable and the strictest penalty available unless the appeal by the RPC reveals new and compelling facts, and recommends more action with anti-doping strategies. It alleged that Russian Federation had operated a state-controlled doping programme.
His words were echoed by sports officials in Rio who said a blanket ban was inappropriate and risked punishing clean athletes.
Its decision comes in the wake of a report of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) led by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren.
The doping scandal-which appears to have been run on a grander scale than even the notorious Soviet version-is just one indication of what Russian Federation has become under Putin. More to it, this decision relied on phony and ungrounded accusations.
The worldwide committee said it will begin working with the global sporting federations to figure out how the 267 slots that had been allotted to Russian Paralympic athletes across 18 sports will be redistributed to other nations.
Russian Federation immediately said it would appeal and condemned the move as violating the human rights of its athletes.
The Russians have promised to appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport, and fair enough – that’s why there are avenues of appeal, to protect against miscarriages of justice.
“I think the IPC’s decision is inadequate, and we’ll be doing everything possible to engage all relevant worldwide judicial bodies so that a fair decision can be achieved”.
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“It would be reasonable if the Paralympics Committee did precisely what our Olympic committee chose to do”.
