The IAAF have confirmed that a decision was taken after they received unspecified new evidence in recent days.
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That eligibility has now been rescinded, according to sources close to the matter, after new evidence emerged last week in relation to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commissioned McLaren report.
The International Association of Athletics Federations informed Klishina last week that it has withdrawn her name from the Olympics and other competitions based on new information it received, said IAAF spokesman Yannis Nikolaou. The IOC and Russian Olympic Committee were invited to take part in the hearing.
All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) president Dmitry Shlyakhtin on Saturday said that long jumper Darya Klishina, country’s sole contender at the athletics competition in the Olympic Games, was banned from competing in the Rio Games.
Klishina defended herself, saying she was clean and was appealing against the decision to sport’s highest tribunal.
The IAAF announced in late June that it had amended the organization’s regulations in order to allow field and track athletes from Russian Federation to submit individual applications for worldwide tournaments. The decision of the court is expected by Sunday or Monday, before the upcoming long jump competition on Tuesday next week.
“I am falling victim to those who created a system of manipulating our handsome sport and is guilty of using it for political purposes”, she said.
The IAAF, who is dealing with possible doping scandals in other countries like Kenya, decided the WADA report was enough to place a blanket ban from worldwide competition on the Russians.
The International Olympic Committee almost banned the entire Russian Olympic team due to the WADA report, but stopped short of a full ban, allowing each sport’s governing body to make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
“I will take every possible effort to protect my clean image as an athlete”, Klishina said.
Body type J: Some Russian athletes who were named in that report were able to regain their Olympic spots on appeal to CAS, although others were refused.
“If Darya Klishina is in the McLaren list, then the IAAF must have been aware of it for a long time”, Zhukov said. “They, as I understand it, only addressed questions to Klishina on August 6”.
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The report drafted by Canadian Richard McLaren described what WADA said was systematic doping among Russian athletes, supported by the Russian state over several years, including at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics.
