Russia at Tokyo Olympics with new name, more doping disputes
3 years, 5 months ago

Russia at Tokyo Olympics with new name, more doping disputes

Associated Press  

Russia is competing under another new name at the Tokyo Olympics, the latest fallout from the Games’ longest-running doping saga. NEARLY AT FULL STRENGTH Despite the name change, Russia will have a nearly full team at the Olympics after sending depleted squads to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games. The ROC team is targeted to finish third in the medal count and gold medals are expected in Russia’s usual strongest sports like gymnastics, artistic swimming, wrestling, fencing and judo. DOPING DISPUTES The latest rules on Russia’s name and image were set last year by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a ruling that satisfied almost nobody.

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Putin questions Olympic rules for neutral Russian athletes at Paris Games
1 year ago

Putin questions Olympic rules for neutral Russian athletes at Paris Games

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned the International Olympic Committee rules mandating Russian athletes compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals. “I’ve always said that athletes train for years and that they need to be given the opportunity to compete at the largest competitions, including the Olympic Games,” Putin said. And therefore in principle I supported our athletes going …

A Belarusian sprinter who was forced out of the Tokyo Olympics has been cleared to race for Poland
1 year, 5 months ago

A Belarusian sprinter who was forced out of the Tokyo Olympics has been cleared to race for Poland

Associated Press  

MONACO — Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian sprinter whose team tried to force her out of the Tokyo Olympics, has been declared eligible to represent Poland ahead of the upcoming world championships. Tsimanouskaya’s profile on the website of World Athletics, track and field’s governing body, was updated Monday with a note that she became eligible to compete for Poland the day …

Russia doping suspension lifted, but war ban keeps athletes out
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia doping suspension lifted, but war ban keeps athletes out

Al Jazeera  

The Russian Athletics Federation has had its doping ban lifted but will still be excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine. World Athletics has voted to lift an eight-year doping ban on Russia, but the nation will remain excluded from international competition because of an ongoing separate ban over the invasion of Ukraine. “Council …

World Athletics will address Russian doping before Ukraine - Sebastian Coe
1 year, 10 months ago

World Athletics will address Russian doping before Ukraine - Sebastian Coe

The Hindu  

World Athletics will look at the issue of Russian athletes competing while the Ukraine war continues only after it has been decided whether the country has cleaned up its act on doping sufficiently to be reinstated, Sebastian Coe said on Friday. World Athletics President Coe said doping would still take precedence when the governing council meets next month to decide …

Six more Russians cleared as neutrals by World Athletics but war ban keeps them out
1 year, 11 months ago

Six more Russians cleared as neutrals by World Athletics but war ban keeps them out

The Hindu  

Six more Russians have been cleared by World Athletics to compete internationally as neutral athletes but they remain frozen out as their country is still banned from the sport following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The Russian Athletics Federation has been suspended since 2015 as a result of widespread doping and a state- Nikita Anishchenkov, Artem Chermoshanskiy, Maksim …

Russia anti-doping agency records 375 whereabouts rule violations in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia anti-doping agency records 375 whereabouts rule violations in 2022

The Hindu  

Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Friday it had recorded 375 cases last year in which athletes did not properly provide their whereabouts to allow for them to be tested for banned substances, TASS news agency reported. Rocked by doping scandals for years, Russia has acknowledged some shortcomings in the implementation of anti-doping rules but denies ever running a state- …

IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics
1 year, 11 months ago

IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The IOC made clear Wednesday it wants Russians to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes, in defiance of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to exclude them entirely. “A pathway for athletes’ participation in competition under strict conditions should therefore be further explored,” the IOC said in a statement published after an executive board meeting. Russia …

WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases
2 years, 6 months ago

WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A breakthrough court ruling in the Russian doping saga should lead Olympic sports bodies to revisit evidence for possible disciplinary cases against other athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency said Saturday. WADA has also given Moscow lab data to about 40 other sports bodies since 2019 and now wants some of them to review those cases after the …

Russians out of track worlds barring unexpected end to war
2 years, 7 months ago

Russians out of track worlds barring unexpected end to war

Associated Press  

Barring a sudden, unexpected end to the war in Ukraine, athletes from Russia and Belarus will be banned from next month’s track and field world championships, which marks the largest international sports event since the end of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Asked about the status of the Russians for the July 12-25 world championships in Eugene, Oregon, World Athletics …

Russian Olympic swimmer who wore ‘Z’ at pro-Putin rally pulls out of World Championships
2 years, 9 months ago

Russian Olympic swimmer who wore ‘Z’ at pro-Putin rally pulls out of World Championships

The Independent  

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Evgeny Rylov pulls out of world championships in support of banned Russian athletes
2 years, 9 months ago

Evgeny Rylov pulls out of world championships in support of banned Russian athletes

The Hindu  

Russian double Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov on Wednesday pulled out of this year's swimming world championships in Budapest in support of athletes banned from competing under the Russian flag following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Rylov, who won gold in the 100- and 200-metre backstroke events at last year's Tokyo Olympics, lost his sponsorship deal with swimwear maker Speedo after attending …

Banned Russian athletes to leave Beijing after deciding against appeal
2 years, 10 months ago

Banned Russian athletes to leave Beijing after deciding against appeal

The Hindu  

Russia's contingent at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing plans to leave China after being banned from participating because of the country's invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Paralympic Committee said on Friday. RELATED| Russian and Belarusian athletes were barred from the Winter Paralympics by the International Paralympic Committee on Thursday after initially being allowed to compete as neutrals. Russian …

Decision to allow Russian athletes at Winter Paralympics draws backlash
2 years, 10 months ago

Decision to allow Russian athletes at Winter Paralympics draws backlash

Firstpost  

Russian athletes were cleared Wednesday to compete at the Paralympics under the shadow of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but the decision by the organisers was met with an immediate backlash. The International Paralympic Committee held a meeting and posted a brief statement saying athletes from Russia as well as Belarus, which hosted troops for the invasion, would be allowed to …

Ukraine’s 20 athletes expected to make it for Paralympics
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine’s 20 athletes expected to make it for Paralympics

Associated Press  

Ukraine’s 20 athletes for the Winter Paralympics are expected to be in Beijing in time for Friday’s opening ceremony, IPC spokesman Craig Spence told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The International Paralympic Committee board is to meet Wednesday and could put further sanctions on Russian athletes or expel them from the Paralympics. Russian athletes in last month’s Winter Olympics competed …

International Olympic Committee places politics above athletes' rights to compete as it reacts to Russia-Ukraine war
2 years, 10 months ago

International Olympic Committee places politics above athletes' rights to compete as it reacts to Russia-Ukraine war

ABC  

The world of sport changed today. Overnight, under the IOC's recommendation to all sports that athletes and officials from Belarus and Russia be banned from international events in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, the sport world that saved Leuchanka has now abandoned her. Athletes in Russia who have also put themselves at risk in the past week by protesting …

Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics
2 years, 10 months ago

Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The doping case of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has dominated the conversation at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. When the Winter Olympics in Russia six years later were found to have been tainted by doping, the International Olympic Committee rechecked samples from Beijing using more modern steroid-detecting technology. Steroid use was even higher than in Beijing …

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: What happens next in Kamila Valieva's doping scandal?
2 years, 10 months ago

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: What happens next in Kamila Valieva's doping scandal?

Firstpost  

Russia’s Kamila Valieva came a disappointing fourth in Olympics women’s single event, after more than a week of intense scrutiny over a failed doping test. Russia’s Kamila Valieva came a disappointing fourth in the Beijing Olympics women’s single event on Thursday, after more than a week of intense scrutiny over a failed doping test. Process ‘could take years’ The Russian …

EXPLAINER: The drug behind Russia’s Olympic doping case
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: The drug behind Russia’s Olympic doping case

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition Tuesday, skating into the lead hours after details of her legal defense in a doping case were revealed. The argument was made at the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing late Sunday night, according to IOC member Denis Oswald, a veteran sports …

Why the Beijing Winter Olympics' big doping scandal is even more complicated than usual
2 years, 10 months ago

Why the Beijing Winter Olympics' big doping scandal is even more complicated than usual

ABC  

The first big doping case at the Beijing Olympics involves one of its biggest stars. Here's a look at the drug that Kamila Valieva of the ROC — short for Russian Olympic Committee and the name under which the country is competing because of previous doping violations — is suspected of taking, and how the situation might play out in …

Olympic athletes face many doping, virus tests in Beijing
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic athletes face many doping, virus tests in Beijing

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Alongside the daily collection of coronavirus samples, the athletes at the Beijing Olympics also have to contend with the usual doping tests — both in and out of competition. The International Testing Agency, which oversees sample collection at the Olympics, said Wednesday the daily tests, which everyone in the Olympic bubble must do, add extra psychological weight and …

ROC at Beijing 2022: What is it and how can Russian athletes compete at the Olympics?
2 years, 11 months ago

ROC at Beijing 2022: What is it and how can Russian athletes compete at the Olympics?

CNN  

CNN — Eagle-eyed viewers watching the 2022 Beijing Games will once again notice a now familiar acronym – ROC, which stands for the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia banned, but ‘clean’ athletes given lifeline In December 2017, a little over two months before the start of the Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee announced an unprecedented ban on Russia competing in …

World Athletics acknowledges Russia made 'steady progress' but not enough to lift 2015 doping ban
3 years, 1 month ago

World Athletics acknowledges Russia made 'steady progress' but not enough to lift 2015 doping ban

Firstpost  

The global governing body’s council accepted the recommendation from the Task Force established to monitor Russia’s efforts to turn its back on its doping-tainted past Paris: World Athletics on Wednesday acknowledged that Russia had made “steady progress” in meeting the requirements to return to international competition but not enough to lift the ban imposed in 2015 for systematic state doping. …

Russian track doping suspension extended into 7th year
3 years, 1 month ago

Russian track doping suspension extended into 7th year

Associated Press  

MONACO — Russia’s doping suspension from track and field was extended into a seventh year on Wednesday, with cautious praise for reformers and a warning that not everyone supports their changes. He wrote in a report that there is a “new culture” at the troubled Russian track and field federation, known as RusAF. “The Taskforce does feel that these changes …

Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case
3 years, 3 months ago

Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case

Associated Press  

MONACO — An investigation into two Belarus team officials who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on a flight from the Tokyo Olympics will now be run by track and field authorities. Shimak and Maisevich continued to have contact with Belarus team members in Tokyo for four more days after the airport incident until the IOC withdrew their Olympic credentials. …

Once Again, Banned Russians Raise Questions About Doping At The Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Once Again, Banned Russians Raise Questions About Doping At The Olympics

NPR  

Once Again, Banned Russians Raise Questions About Doping At The Olympics Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick Smith/Getty Images Patrick Smith/Getty Images TOKYO — Traditionally, doping at the Olympics has been an uncomfortable companion to the Games' soaring athletic achievements. Sponsor Message "I don't know if was 100 percent clean," Murphy said at a press conference afterwards, "and that's because …

Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers win
3 years, 5 months ago

Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers win

Associated Press  

TOKYO — After losing to Russian swimmers in two races at the Olympics, American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sport and he wonders if all his competitors are clean. “That is what it is.” But later, at a news conference with fellow medalists Rylov and third-place finisher Luke Greenbank of Britain, …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Novak Djokovic's Golden Slam hopes over as USA-Russia spar over doping accusations
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Novak Djokovic's Golden Slam hopes over as USA-Russia spar over doping accusations

Firstpost  

Djokovic’s bid for a calendar Golden Grand Slam — winning all four Grand Slam tournaments plus the Olympics — was dramatically ended by Alexander Zverev at the Ariake Tennis Park. Tokyo: World number one Novak Djokovic became the latest big name to crash out of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday as a defeated American swimmer aimed doping accusations at a …

U.S., U.K. Swimmers Bemoan Doping After Russian Takes Gold In Men's Backstroke Event
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S., U.K. Swimmers Bemoan Doping After Russian Takes Gold In Men's Backstroke Event

NPR  

U.S., U.K. Swimmers Bemoan Doping After Russian Takes Gold In Men's Backstroke Event Enlarge this image toggle caption Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The second- and third-place finishers in the 200-meter men's backstroke final — Ryan Murphy of Team USA and Great Britain's Luke Greenbank, respectively — lamented the ongoing specter of doping in Olympic swimming following their race …

How drug scandals and politics led to Russians competing as the ROC at Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

How drug scandals and politics led to Russians competing as the ROC at Olympics

LA Times  

Flag bearers Sofya Velikaya and Maxim Mikhaylov of ROC lead the team into Olympic Stadium during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. In the aftermath of 2019 sanctions levied against Russia for state- Russian athletes are competing as ROC, an acronym for “Russian Olympic Committee.” When ROC athletes win gold medals — they had seven through Thursday evening in Japan — …

Ban? What ban? Russian athletes leap into fourth spot in the Olympic medal table despite doping ban
3 years, 5 months ago

Ban? What ban? Russian athletes leap into fourth spot in the Olympic medal table despite doping ban

Daily Mail  

Viewers of the Tokyo Olympics could be forgiven for forgetting that Russia is officially banned from the competition as Russian athletes, kitted out in red, white and blue, continue to rack up medals. Pictured: The ROC team win gold for artistic gymnastics Russia was banned from several major international sporting events over mass doping dating back to the 2014 Sochi …

What is ROC in the Tokyo Olympics? The reason Russia can't compete, even though its athletes can
3 years, 5 months ago

What is ROC in the Tokyo Olympics? The reason Russia can't compete, even though its athletes can

ABC  

Australia's Beach Volleyball team went up against athletes representing ROC on Monday afternoon at the Tokyo Olympics, but you'd be forgiven for not thinking such a country exists — it doesn't. It means Russian athletes aren't allowed to represent Russia while competing at the Games. ROC isn't a country, but a loophole through which Russian athletes can compete in the …

Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A brief look at some of the most notable …

Tokyo Olympics: CAS clears Russia's Kudashev, Andrusenko to compete at Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: CAS clears Russia's Kudashev, Andrusenko to compete at Games

The Hindu  

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed cases against Russian swimmers Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Andrusenko on Monday after they had been suspended for suspected anti-doping rule violations, clearing them to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Swimming's world governing body FINA provisionally suspended the pair last week based on evidence provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency stemming from its examination …

FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics

India TV News  

Two Russian swimmers set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics were provisionally suspended for anti-doping violations by world governing body FINA. "FINA is grateful to WADA for its diligence in helping to ensure clean competition at Tokyo 2020," new FINA president Husain Al-Musallam said in a statement. "FINA remains fully committed to protecting clean athletes and promoting clean competition at …

FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

FINA suspends 2 Russian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Two Russian swimmers set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics were provisionally suspended on Wednesday for anti-doping violations by world governing body FINA. Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Popova Andrusenko were suspended based on evidence supplied by the World Anti-Doping Agency, according to FINA. “FINA is grateful to WADA for its diligence in helping to ensure clean competition …

Tokyo Olympics: Can Russia's athletes still compete in the Tokyo 2020 Games?
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Can Russia's athletes still compete in the Tokyo 2020 Games?

The Hindu  

Russia has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency from competing in international sporting events for two years. However, the country's athletes are set to participate in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics if they satisfy certain conditions. - HERE'S HOW THEY WILL FEATURE IN TOKYO 2020 - After WADA imposed a ban on Russia, its Compliance Review Committee, alongside the International …

Doping in Olympics: Why is Russia banned by WADA from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games?
3 years, 6 months ago

Doping in Olympics: Why is Russia banned by WADA from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games?

The Hindu  

Russia has been one of the most dominant countries in Olympics history. After being separated from the Soviet Union, Russia has won 149 gold, 125 silver and 152 bronze medals at the Olympic Games. Furthermore, Russia cannot compete in international sporting events, including the Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, due to a two-year ban imposed …

Tokyo Olympics: Two Russian rowers out after failing drug tests
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Two Russian rowers out after failing drug tests

The Hindu  

Two Russian rowers have been removed from the squad for the Tokyo Olympics after failing drug tests, Russian officials said on Wednesday. Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov told the Tass state news agency that the two rowers had been provisionally suspended and replaced in the team before the final Olympic squad was announced. Pozdnyakov said that the Russian rowing …

Olympics: Vladimir Putin hosts Russians heading to Tokyo Games without flag, anthem
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympics: Vladimir Putin hosts Russians heading to Tokyo Games without flag, anthem

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin hosted Russian athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics at the Kremlin on Wednesday, wishing them medals and vowing to protect their rights as they are set to compete without their flag and anthem because of doping sanctions. Russian athletes are barred from competing at major international events, including the Olympics, with their flag and anthem until late …

Russian Olympic Committee to send 335 athletes to Tokyo
3 years, 6 months ago

Russian Olympic Committee to send 335 athletes to Tokyo

The Hindu  

Russia's Olympic Committee will send 335 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics next month, its president said on Tuesday, where they will compete without their national flag and anthem due to doping sanctions. The country will compete in Tokyo under the name "ROC", an acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee. "The Russian Olympic Committee has just approved the team for the …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Russia name three world champions in 10-member athletics team
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Russia name three world champions in 10-member athletics team

Firstpost  

Moscow: Russia named three world champions on its 10-strong athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday under rules limiting the size of its squad because of a long-running doping dispute. Three-time high jump world champion Mariya Lasitskene is joined by pole vault world champion Anzhelika Sidorova and 2015 world 110-meter hurdles champion Sergei Shubenkov. World Athletics capped the Russian …

Russian Olympic champions Natalya Antyukh, Andrey Silnov receive four-year bans for doping, says CAS
3 years, 9 months ago

Russian Olympic champions Natalya Antyukh, Andrey Silnov receive four-year bans for doping, says CAS

Firstpost  

Antyukh and Silnov were both charged last year with anti-doping violations stemming from the report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency that alleged a system of state- Lausanne: Russian Olympic champions Natalya Antyukh and Andrey Silnov have each been banned for four years for doping after being named in the 2016 McLaren report, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said …

'Blow to clean athletes': Condemnation as Russia doping ban cut from four to two years
4 years ago

'Blow to clean athletes': Condemnation as Russia doping ban cut from four to two years

Firstpost  

The CAS judgement comes after WADA hit Russia with the four-year ban last year for doping non-compliance after finding data handed over from its tainted Moscow laboratory had been manipulated. “This should not, however, be read as any validation of the conduct of RUSADA or the Russian authorities.” The CAS judgement comes after WADA hit Russia with the four-year ban …

All agree: Russia gets a win in latest doping decision
4 years ago

All agree: Russia gets a win in latest doping decision

Associated Press  

Russia and its detractors found some rare common ground regarding the doping scandal that has engulfed the Olympics and the international sports world for the past six years. “I am left puzzled by how a system considered dishonest, deceitful and seeped in systematic doping by CAS gets away with a two-year ban,” said Linda Helleland, a former vice president at …

Russia claims victory after CAS' loophole-ridden doping sanctions leave plenty of workarounds
4 years ago

Russia claims victory after CAS' loophole-ridden doping sanctions leave plenty of workarounds

Firstpost  

The new restrictions on Russia will be weaker than before. In Tokyo and Beijing, Russia will be able to field athletes whose files in the Moscow doping lab database were altered or deleted while the data was under the control of the Russian state. Russian teams won’t officially be called Russian teams at next year’s Tokyo Olympics or the 2022 …

United States Anti-Doping Agency brands Russia doping ruling by CAS a 'tragedy'
4 years ago

United States Anti-Doping Agency brands Russia doping ruling by CAS a 'tragedy'

Firstpost  

USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said the sanctions would be undermined since athletes would still be able to compete in uniforms in Russian colours with the word “Russia” on them. Los Angeles: The United States Anti-Doping Agency condemned the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to halve Russia’s doping ban on Thursday as a “tragedy” for the global fight against …

Russia claims victory with loopholes in Olympic sanctions
4 years ago

Russia claims victory with loopholes in Olympic sanctions

Associated Press  

Russian sports officials were in an upbeat mood Thursday after finding crucial loopholes in the decision to ban the country from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics. Russian teams won’t officially be called Russian teams at next year’s Tokyo Olympics or the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, but “Russia” will be printed on their red, …

Banning Vladimir Putin from Olympics 'Unacceptable': Russian Olympic Committee; USA Calls It 'Tragedy'
4 years ago

Banning Vladimir Putin from Olympics 'Unacceptable': Russian Olympic Committee; USA Calls It 'Tragedy'

News 18  

Russia’s Olympic Committee on Thursday said that a Court of Arbitration for Sport decision to bar the country’s high-ranking officials including President Vladimir Putin from attending the Olympics was “unacceptable”. But the committee’s president Stanislav Pozdnyakov also expressed satisfaction that Russian athletes would be able to compete under a neutral flag and would not be “collectively” banned. Tragedy The United …

Russia can’t use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics
4 years ago

Russia can’t use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Russia will not be able to use its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years after a ruling Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Lausanne-based court halved the four-year ban proposed last year by the World Anti-Doping Agency in a landmark case that …

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