WADA. World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia, athletes from Olympics, major events for four years.
Even before the Executive Committee of WADA met in a hotel in the IOC hometown of Lausanne, Russia signaled that it would appeal the verdict
However, there are some hopes for Russian athletes in terms of participation in these competitions, as athletes who have been recognized by WADA as clean and not part of the state-sponsored doping program can compete under a neutral flag
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday approved the recommendation of its Compliance Review Committee to exclude Russia from all major sporting events for the next four years, resulting in its athletes not competing under its national flag in the Russian Federation could Olympic Games for the second time in a row.
The World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia, athletes of the Olympics, for four years major events
In the four years that the ban will be extended, the nation will also be excluded from the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022, as well as hosting or even applying for such events. Not only the athletes, but also government officials are not allowed to attend such events.
The ban is approved after the committee confirmed that a database from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) laboratory in Moscow, which Russian officials were to hand over in January, was covered with fake evidence and positive test results from the Samples were removed.
However, there is some hope for Russian athletes. Those classified by WADA as clean and not part of the state-sponsored doping program can compete under a neutral flag.
"I am not satisfied with the decision we made today, but as far as possible," said Linda Helleland, a Norwegian legislator working on the WADA Executive Committee, and has long favored a harder line against Russia Expect now a full admission from the Russians and apologize for all the pain that all athletes and sports fans have experienced. "
"Flagrant manipulation" of the Moscow laboratory data was "an insult to the global sports movement," the IOC said last month. Handing over a clean database to WADA was an important prerequisite for Russia to end a scandal that had affected the Olympics in the last decade.
Even before the Executive Committee of WADA met in a hotel in the IOC hometown of Lausanne, Russia announced that it would appeal the verdict.
The decision to appeal was canceled by RUSADA boss Yuri Ganus, an independent person criticizing the Russian authorities' behavior with regard to doping data. The authority was handed over to the agency's board after an intervention by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).
The Republic of China on Saturday rated the expected sanctions as "illogical and inappropriate".
Russia, which has sought to profile itself as a global sports power, has been involved in doping scandals since a 2015 report, and has found evidence of mass doping in Russian athletics.
The problems with doping have since grown as many athletes have been excluded from the last two Olympics and the country lost its flag at last year's Pyeongchang Winter Games as a punishment for state-funded doping cover-ups at the 2014 Sochi Games.
With contributions from agencies