The summit discussed the unsatisfactory state of compliance of countries such as Kenya and Russian Federation to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s regulations.
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Speaking after the summit, Bach said representatives from across the Olympic movement had unanimously backed the IAAF decision, only to then say Russian athletes could wear Russian colours as they were representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), not the Russian athletics federation, and the ROC was not banned.
It follows the decision Friday by the global athletics federation IAAF to uphold the ban on Russian athletics, ruling the track and field team out of the Rio Games.
Bach also suggested that athletes from countries found to have doping problems – Russian Federation and Kenya, in particular – could face more scrutiny than those from other countries.
“In this decision-making process, the absence of a positive national anti-doping test should not be considered sufficient by the IFs”.
Despite the long list of violations presented by WADA, Russia’s Ministry of Sport contends its innocence and points to its past anti-doping scientist, Grigory Rodchenkov as the mastermind of it all.
“If there are athletes qualified, then they will compete as members of the team of the Russian Olympic Committee because only a national Olympic committee can enter athletes to the Olympic Games”, Bach said.
But the IAAF left a window slightly open, saying individuals who definitively prove they were not tainted by the Russian system could still compete in Brazil.
“The Olympic Summit discussed questions which affect the eligibility of athletes, in particular with regard to the balance between collective responsibility and individual justice”, read an IOC statement in part.
While the IAFF stated it would consider allowing Russian athletes who trained outside of their home country to compete as independents, the International Olympic Committee said athletes would compete under the Russian flag as long as they test clean. The IAAF said only a handful of athletes fell into that category.
The IAAF suspended Russian Federation a year ago over concerns its athletes were guilty of systematic doping and upheld the ban last week.
“Out of the several thousand samples taken from Russian athletes in and out of competition over this period, only three turned out to be positive, including one in athletics, for substances other than Meldonium”, which was found in 49 samples, he said.
The president of the Russian Olympic Committee says the country will not boycott the games in Rio de Janeiro.
Russian Federation will not boycott the Olympics but could file a lawsuit against the IAAF, Zhukov was reported as saying by Russia’s Tass news agency. “The Olympic Games are on the doorstep and the court is to be quick in considering the cases of those athletes who will file suits about their participation in the Olympics”, he said.
It further states that 99% of athletes from Russian athletics have cheated.
“This is the good right of everybody”, he said.
“We hope that the Court of Arbitration for Sport will make an unbiased, just and legal decision despite the position voiced by its President”, he told the TASS news agency afterwards.
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Russia’s pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva competes at the National track and field championships at a stadium in Cheboksary, Russia, Monday, June 20, 2016. If it uncovers further widespread, state-backed cheating in Russian Federation, it could push for further action against Russian Federation.
