The head of the Russian Wrestling Federation told the R-Sport agency that two-time world champion Viktor Lebedev was ineligible because he was given a doping ban in 2006.
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“The integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple times and levels by the Russians”, the IWF said in a statement.
The Russian track and field athletes banned from this summer’s Olympics in Rio next month competed in a makeshift tournament of their own, titled Stars 2016, in front of a modest crowd in Moscow consisting largely of family and friends.
Independent Commission, chaired by Canadian law professor, Richard McLaren, released a report on July 18 on the results of its probe into the accusations of doping and manipulation of tests by Russian athletes and officials at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
Any Russian athlete who has ever served a suspension for a doping infraction will be banned even if that suspension has been completed, the International Olympic Committee said.
World Rowing, meanwhile, has barred 19 Russians, most for insuffient tests.
The U.S. added long jumper Michael Hartfield to its track team after Marquis Dendy withdrew with a leg injury. “They didn’t admit me for the Olympics in Rio”.
The Russian weightlifting team has been banned from competing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics due to doping offenses.
Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko on Friday told local media that 272 of the country’s athletes had been approved by global sports federations, out of an original team of 387, adding that the number could rise. “The miracle didn’t happen”. Russia’s entire weightlifting team was kicked out Friday. They include Ivan Podshivalov and Anastasia Karabelshchikova, who were excluded because they previously served doping bans, while Ivan Balandin from Russia’s men’s eight was implicated in the McLaren report, World Rowing said. Four of those caught had won a gold medal.
“I can see that every morning doping agents come and take their samples”, Kazikov said. He added, however, that he was not sure how that compares to how often athletes from other countries get tested.
Mutko expects Russian Federation to be present in all but five sports at the Games – they did not qualify in basketball, football, hockey and rugby – but with a team heavily reduced from the 387 initially announced.
Instead, the International Olympic Committee asked individual sports federations to determine which Russian athletes would be cleared to compete. Here’s all you need to know about what a cop-out the IOC has committed: Moscow’s minister of sport reacted positively to the ruling, proclaiming that most Russian athletes will indeed qualify to participate – and march into Rio under the Russian flag.
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According to the report, the IWF will distribute the eight places reserved for Russian athletes elsewhere.
