That means, rather than applying a total ban, federations could suspend individual Russian sports.
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The International Olympic Committee has not banned Russian Federation from the Rio Olympics as many have called for, but it left that option on the table after a meeting of its executive board on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, in a statement Monday, WADA called on “the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee to consider, under their respective charters, to decline entries, for Rio 2016, of all athletes submitted by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the Russian Paralympic Committee”. The IOC said that verdict would be taken into consideration in regards to a potential ban on all athletes from the country competing in Brazil.
CAS is due to rule on the dispute between Russian Federation, 68 of its athletes and the governing body of world athletics over their Rio participation after the IAAF banned the country from the Rio track and field programme. Also involved were Russia’s FSB – the current version of the Soviet Union’s KGB.
A ban is being considered after Russian Federation was accused Monday of “a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games” following an independent World Anti-Doping Agency commissioned report.
“The McLaren Report has concluded, beyond a reasonable doubt, a mind-blowing level of corruption within both Russian sport and government that goes right to the field of play”, said Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
Mutko, who is not suspended, denies any wrongdoing, and says he expects his subordinates to be reinstated after “temporary” suspensions.
“I can say once again, there are no state doping schemes in Russia”, Mutko was quoted as saying.
Russian track and field athletes who maintain they are not guilty of wrongdoing will learn on Thursday if they have successfully appealed the IAAF ban.
The committee has also put a hold on organizing or “giving patronage” to any sports events or meetings in Russian Federation, including the 2019 European Games.
In a statement he added that the officials named in the report would be temporarily suspended.
The McLaren report is only the most recent in a series of revelations about widespread doping in Russian sport.
WADA and other anti-doping officials urged the International Olympic Committee to consider the unprecedented step of excluding the entire Russian contingent from the Rio Games.
The letter encourages exceptions for Russia-born athletes who can prove they were subject to strong anti-doping systems in other countries. The call came after an independent commission led by Dr. Richard McLaren found at least 580 positive tests were covered up during a four-year period starting in 2011 as part of a state-sponsored doping program.
Late Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency called on FIFA’s ethics committee to investigate allegations against Russia Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.
Then there’s the forensic analysis and full inquiry into all the Russian athletes who competed at the Winter Games two years ago – as well as coaches and support staff.
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Shobukhova is the athlete at the centre of the allegations that Papa Missata Diack, the fugitive son of the shamed former president of the IAAF Lamine Diack, and other IAAF officials blackmailed her over a positive dope test into paying 450,000 euros so she could run in the 2012 London Olympics.
