The IWF also pointed out that 7 samples submitted by Russian athletes for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and those in London in 2012 have now been re-tested as positive, in what the federation called a “shocking and disappointing” statistic.
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The IWF said Friday the multiple cases of doping by Russian weightlifters have “seriously damaged” the integrity of the sport.
The country had earlier been expecting nearly three-quarters of its Olympic team to go to Rio, with the Russian Sports Ministry producing a report claiming 286 members of what had been an nearly 400-strong team would be there.
The IWF already took two quota places away from the Russian team in June as part of its efforts to crack down on the use of doping within the sport, per the federation’s official website.
Vitaly Mutko tells Russian media that “as of today, 272 athletes have definitely been admitted to the Olympics”, adding that a final figure would be available Saturday. In its decision, the IWF said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose to empower each sport with the power to ban, or not to ban, Russian athletes given the doping claims.
Reedie had led calls for a blanket ban on Russian Federation over the doping.
Two of the athletes will participate in track and field, one in judo and one in fencing, Hosam al-Qurashi, executive director of the Saudi Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The Moscow tournament, which was announced by Russian state news agency TASS, will feature banned athletes including Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov and world 110 metres hurdles champion Sergey Shubenkov.
“The swimmers also request that the decision of the FINA bureau of July 25 2016, declaring both of them ineligible for the Olympic Games in Rio, be set aside”. “They didn’t admit me for the Olympics in Rio”. Hartfield finished fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials earlier this month and was next in line for a spot because he had reached a qualifying standard earlier in the year.
“They are doing their job and it’s important I stick to mine, focus on getting ready and winning those gold medals”.
On Friday, it noted that Russian competitors had been named in the McLaren Report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency that exposed evidence of state-backed cheating in Russia. Further, any athlete who had been sanctioned in the past would be barred (including track’s former whistleblower Yulia Stepanova, who was previously cleared to compete under a neutral flag).
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The federations of boxing, golf, gymnastics, handball and taekwondo still have to confirm their decisions.
