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The suspension of Russian athletes from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games was made for political reasons and contravenes the main principle of the Paralympic movement, the global governing body for the sport of archery has said.
Allegations of state-sponsored doping made in an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency have cast serious doubt over Russian competitors.
The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro on September 7-18.
Putin himself has also attributed the doping scandal to a political plot, a view widely shared in Russian Federation.
“I believe the Russian government has catastrophically failed its Para athletes”, said Craven.
IPC President Sir Philip Craven had earlier called Russia’s anti-doping system “broken, corrupted and entirely compromised”.
WADA previously recommended that Russia’s entire team be banned from the Rio Olympic Games but the International Olympic Committee decided only to suspend some Russian athletes.
Craven revealed that on Friday McLaren had provided names of more athletes suspected of having positive drugs tests covered up at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics and elsewhere – and warned of more to come.
“[Russia’s] medals over morals mentality disgusts me”.
Kudos to the International Paralympic Committee, who issued an outright ban against Russian athletes in the upcoming Paralympics. “Their thirst for glory at all costs has severely damaged the integrity and image of all sport”.
Mutko told Interfax the decision had been made unilaterally by Craven because he was nearing the end of his career, a view echoed by Russia’s Paralympic chief.
Craven said the depth of doping was not only immoral, but could also have long-term health implications on the athletes involved. The IPC spoke with McLaren directly and they even went as far as to have the athlete’s test samples retested from Russian Federation just in case some false positives had occurred.
In contrast to the Paralympic Committee’s move, the IOC laid out new criteria that Russian athletes must meet to participate in the Olympics, which opened on Saturday (NZ Time).
Russian Paralympians Anna Sapozhinikova (L) and Zhanna Fekolina (R) celebrate at the IPC Athletics World Championships in 2015.
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Russia’s Paralympians topped the medal table in Sochi after taking second place behind China at London 2012, and their exclusion from the Rio Games will sting a country that has long drawn pride and prestige from its sporting success.
