Russian anti-doping chief suggests drastic changes in country's athletics federation ahead of Tokyo Olympics
5 years, 7 months ago

Russian anti-doping chief suggests drastic changes in country's athletics federation ahead of Tokyo Olympics

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Yury Ganus, the head of Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency suggested Monday some drastic changes in the country’s athletics federation organisation and in the coaching staff of the national athletics squad. Moscow: Yuri Ganus, the head of Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency suggested Monday some drastic changes in the country’s athletics federation organisation and in the coaching staff of the national athletics squad. Among the measures that RUSADA boss proposed were the discharge of the country’s athletics federation’s top officials, including its president Dmitry Shlyakhtin, and all of the national team athletics coaching staff. “With the time remaining before the start of the Tokyo Olympics quickly running out there is plenty of work to do in co-operation with IAAF to reorganise the athletics federation.” Last year the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from participation in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but some of the country’s athletes with no history of doping were allowed to compete as neutrals.

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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 …

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics
1 year ago

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Two of Russia’s top swimmers have been drug tested by their country’s anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023, part of a larger trend in the country that adds an extra layer of uncertainty to the IOC’s decision to allow some Russian athletes to compete next year at the Paris Olympics. At least three to five tests is the minimum …

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics
1 year ago

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics

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Russian athletes back in doping spotlight after Paris Olmypics green light
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian athletes back in doping spotlight after Paris Olmypics green light

The Hindu  

The doping spotlight is once again on Russia after the International Olympic Committee cleared the way on Friday for the country’s athletes to compete at next year’s Paris Summer Games as neutrals. Long before Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”, the country was already a sporting outcast for having implemented a state- The Russian …

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics and racism after Russia is banned from the Games
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics and racism after Russia is banned from the Games

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lashed out at the International Olympic Committee for effectively suspending Russia from the Olympic movement, accusing it of using the Games as a tool of politics and racism. “Thanks to some of the leaders of the modern International Olympic Committee, we learned that an invitation to the Games is not an unconditional right of the …

International Olympic Committee suspends Russian Olympic Committee over Ukraine move
1 year, 2 months ago

International Olympic Committee suspends Russian Olympic Committee over Ukraine move

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The move comes after the Russian Olympic Committee recognised regional organisations from four Ukrainian territories annexed since the invasion began in 2022. The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended Russia’s national Olympic body with “immediate effect” for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine’s membership by recognising illegally annexed territories. “The Russian Olympic Committee is no longer entitled to operate as …

IOC’s Bach says key to Russian decision for Paris Olympics is athletes’ respectful conduct
1 year, 5 months ago

IOC’s Bach says key to Russian decision for Paris Olympics is athletes’ respectful conduct

The Hindu  

The key factor in weighing the IOC’s ultimate decision on letting Russians participate at the 2024 Paris Games is how well athletes behave in international competitions, the Olympic body’s president Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. “It’s too soon to draw final conclusions,” Bach said, adding “we have the responsibility not to punish athletes for the acts of their government.” The …

IOC's Bach says key to Russian decision for Paris Olympics is athletes' respectful conduct
1 year, 5 months ago

IOC's Bach says key to Russian decision for Paris Olympics is athletes' respectful conduct

The Independent  

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European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus
1 year, 8 months ago

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus

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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 …

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- …

No quick return for Russia in face of dual ban, says World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe
2 years ago

No quick return for Russia in face of dual ban, says World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe

The Hindu  

While the IOC prevaricates about the “dilemma” of banning Russian athletes from the 2024 Olympics, World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe has made it clear that as far as his sport is concerned they remain very much on the outside, twice-over. The Russian Athletics Federation has been banned from the sport since 2015 as a result of the country’s widespread doping …

Kenya avoids track doping ban; Russia gets mixed news
2 years, 1 month ago

Kenya avoids track doping ban; Russia gets mixed news

Associated Press  

Russia and Kenya, two of the most troubled counties on the international doping front, received encouraging news from track and field’s ruling body on Wednesday, though any possible reprieve for Russia was tempered by the sport’s intent to keep the country’s athletes out of international meets until the war in Ukraine is over. Yevhen Pronin, the acting president of the …

Russia eyes 2024 Paris Olympics despite sports bans
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia eyes 2024 Paris Olympics despite sports bans

Associated Press  

PARIS — With two years to go until the Paris Olympics open, Russia is making plans for its athletes to live and compete in the French capital even though many remain barred from upcoming qualification events because of the war in Ukraine. Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov wrote on the Telegram messaging app Tuesday that the country was working …

Russian skater’s doping case to be heard Sunday at Olympics
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian skater’s doping case to be heard Sunday at Olympics

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can compete at the Olympics in the women’s competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Saturday the expedited hearing on Valieva’s doping case will be held Sunday night in Beijing, with a ruling by Monday afternoon. Earlier Saturday, CAS confirmed it …

ROC at the Winter Olympics: Which country is it and what does it mean?
2 years, 10 months ago

ROC at the Winter Olympics: Which country is it and what does it mean?

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Alphabet soup of parties go to Olympic court in Russian case
2 years, 10 months ago

Alphabet soup of parties go to Olympic court in Russian case

Associated Press  

BEIJING — One of the most anticipated events at the Beijing Olympics is the imminent legal hearing in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case. CAS – Court of Arbitration for Sport The highest court in the Olympic sports world based in the International Olympic Committee’s home city of Lausanne, Switzerland. RUSADA – Russian Anti-Doping Agency Like all sports nations, …

Why the Beijing Winter Olympics' big doping scandal is even more complicated than usual
2 years, 11 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 …

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 …

Russia's anti-doping agency appoints new chief amid crisis
3 years, 1 month ago

Russia's anti-doping agency appoints new chief amid crisis

The Hindu  

Russia on Saturday appointed Veronika Loginova, a sports and anti-doping official, to head its national anti-doping agency as Moscow tries to emerge from a years-long doping crisis. The RUSADA anti-doping agency has been run by acting director Mikhail Bukhanov since the body's former chief was dismissed in August last year. Loginova is an advisor to the Russian International Olympic University's …

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

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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. …

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

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Tokyo 2020: International Olympic Committee is coming under pressure over the alleged torture and arrest of Iranian athletes
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo 2020: International Olympic Committee is coming under pressure over the alleged torture and arrest of Iranian athletes

CNN  

CNN — Athletes are trained to be tough; they’ve learned to push through the pain barrier and find courage when all hope might seem to be lost. But I say, ‘I was born once, and I’ll die once.’ I have sworn that I’ll fight for my freedom for as long as I’m alive.” When asked to detail the kind of …

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 …

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe welcomes roadmap for Russian athletics reintegration
3 years, 10 months ago

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe welcomes roadmap for Russian athletics reintegration

Firstpost  

Russian athletics has been in crisis since 2015 when its federation was suspended for repeated doping scandals, and its athletes continue to miss international events. Paris: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Monday a roadmap for Russia’s reintegration to the sport was just the beginning of a long journey aimed at “rebuilding trust”. A taskforce of independent experts have devised …

Russia moves closer to getting track and field ban lifted as World Athletics approves plan for doping reforms
3 years, 10 months ago

Russia moves closer to getting track and field ban lifted as World Athletics approves plan for doping reforms

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Monaco: Russia moved a step closer to having its longstanding suspension from track and field lifted after a new plan of doping reforms was approved Monday by World Athletics. “The root causes of an extensive doping and covering-up culture involving athletes, coaches and officials arose from inheriting a post-Soviet doping culture aimed at winning by all means including doping.” World …

Former Russian athletics president Dmitry Shlyakhtin banned in doping cover-up case
3 years, 10 months ago

Former Russian athletics president Dmitry Shlyakhtin banned in doping cover-up case

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The Athletics Integrity Unit said the case involved “submission of forged documents and false explanations” in a 15-month probe into why high jumper Danil Lysenko wasn’t available for drug testing. Moscow: The former head of Russia’s track and field federation was among five officials banned on Wednesday for obstructing an anti-doping investigation into a world champion. Former federation president Dmitry …

Former Russia track president banned in doping cover-up case
3 years, 10 months ago

Former Russia track president banned in doping cover-up case

Associated Press  

MONACO — An elaborate deception involving a fake medical clinic in a demolished building and made-up claims about a world champion athlete’s car crash led to five senior Russian track and field officials being banned from the sport Wednesday. Disciplinary rulings found former Russian track and field president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and his colleagues obstructed an anti-doping investigation into high jumper …

Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act a game-changer - USADA chief - Sports News - Sportstar
3 years, 10 months ago

Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act a game-changer - USADA chief - Sports News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

After several doping scandals the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act will offer hope that broadcasters and sponsors will get a drug-free competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, United States Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart said on Friday. Part of a Hudson Institute panel discussing how the Rodchenkov Act can help clean up doping fraud in international sports, Tygart praised the legislation …

'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 to Miss Tokyo Olympics after Doping Ban is Halved to 2 Years, WADA Claims Victory
4 years ago

Russia to Miss Tokyo Olympics after Doping Ban is Halved to 2 Years, WADA Claims Victory

News 18  

Sport’s highest court on Thursday banned Russia from international sports competitions for two years including the rearranged Tokyo Olympics. The showdown, in front of three CAS judges took place following WADA’s decision last year to declare RUSADA non-compliant after the Russian body was accused of manipulating drug testing data. The showdown in front of three CAS judges took place following …

Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Cup after Cas issues two-year ban for anti-doping offences
4 years ago

Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Cup after Cas issues two-year ban for anti-doping offences

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