Russian Federation won 18 medals, including eight golds, at the last Summer Olympics, in London in 2012.
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“We send a clear message to clean athletes in a dirty system to report any doping or cheating that they see or hear about”.
“The real test now is to ensure full justice and accountability for all their actions before being allowed to compete again, ” he said.
The samples had been moved to Lausanne from Moscow following Popov’s warnings, the report said.
The 24-1 vote was taken by teleconference.
“To regain membership to the IAAF the new federation would have to fulfill a list of criteria”, the IAAF said in a news release, without detailing those steps.
WADA recommended Russian Federation to be banned from athletics competitions, including the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. IAAF leaders are set to suspend the Russian fed…
WADA did not reply after being reached for comment about how, if at all, its commissioned report reflects on Russian cycling. “But for athletes to miss the Olympics and world championships would be real stupidity”.
A few officials, including IAAF vice president Sergei Bubka, the pole vault great from Ukraine, had argued against a blanket ban, saying it would penalize “innocent” athletes who haven’t been found guilty or implicated in doping.
In the short term, the suspension will keep Russian out of a dozen or so global events the rest of this year, including the European cross-country championships in France on December 13.
The vote was 22-1. “And the second thing is that it goes against the spirit of the WADA code”, he said.
Today’s ruling applies only to track and field athletes.
Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt appears on a television screen inside a building belonging to the IAAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) in Monaco, Friday, Nov 13, 2015.
Isinbayeva says “all my victories are honest, “clean” and deserved”. ADAK will now be responsible for doping tests in Kenya, oversee the prosecution of cases, and “develop and execute anti-doping rules and regulations”, the statement said. The situation the Russian National team is in now is very sad but I ask you not to treat all the athletes in the same negative way.
Senior Russian officials have been lobbying hard in recent days as they try to avoid being banned from track and field.
Russian’s president Vladimir Putin has also been diplomatic, saying: “It is necessary to conduct our own internal investigation and to provide the open – I stress – the most open and professional cooperation with the global anti-doping agencies”.
People walk in front of the Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Friday, November 13, 2015.
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Former Wada chief Dick Pound, who co-authored the report, said it was likely other sports had been affected by Russia’s doping programme, calling it “the tip of the iceberg”. On Friday, the IAAF did not lay out its qualifications for Russian Federation to be reinstated, but it is expected the country will be given several weeks or months to demonstrate it had cleaned up its anti-doping program.
