“It is strongly of the view that the Russian Paralympic Committee is now unable to ensure compliance with and the enforcement of the IPC’s Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Code within its own national jurisdiction”, IPC President Philip Craven said in a statement on SUnday.
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Craven announced that the IPC plans to retest every sample provided by a Russian Paralympic athlete during the Sochi Games.
On July 22 IPC opened a case against RPC following a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission, chaired by Canadian law professor, Richard McLaren.
In a landmark ruling which destroyed the credibility of the International Olympic Committee’s refusal to ban Russian Federation from the Olympics, Sir Philip Craven also revealed there were more “abhorrent” revelations to come from an ongoing investigation which has found Vladimir Putin’s government guilty both of state-sponsored doping and a corresponding cover-up on an “unprecedented” scale.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is issuing a blanket ban on Russian athletes as punishment for the country’s systematic doping program.
Russia’s entire Paralympics team has been banned from competing at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in September.
It is likely, however, that the IPC’s stance will offer some solace to those opposing the pass – and IPC president Sir Philip Craven has advised that “the Russian system has catastrophically failed its athletes”. That is vital to the integrity and credibility of Paralympic sport.
Vladimir Lukin told a news conference he was ready to provide evidence that the Russian team had run a tight anti-doping programme.
The International Paralympic Committee on Sunday announced Russia’s suspension due to a widespread doping scandal.
The Russian Paralympic Committee launched an immediate appeal against the ruling.
The Russian Paralympic Committee has 21 days until August 28 to appeal the decision.
The Paralympic Games, conducted for athletes with a range of physical disabilities, are expected to attract more than 4,300 entrants from 160 countries to compete in 22 sports.
Kenyan doping: Kenya is sending a track and field official home over “very serious allegations” that he offered to protect cheating athletes from drug testing for money, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said. “The medals over morals attitude disgusts me”.
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“Everything we have observed goes against the very spirit of sport and everything the Paralympic movement stands for. Those obligations are crucial to the IPC’s guarantee of fair competition for all”.
