IAAF puts Russia until May Hold for participation in Games – NU.nl

That’s Mikhail Boetov, Secretary-General of the Russian athletics federation, Friday to the Russian news agency informed Tass.

The federation would have said that Russia currently not yet meet the conditions for participation compliant.

The IAAF suspended Russia in November last year. This means that Russian athletes provisionally not be welcome at international tournaments.

Mutko

Vitaly Mutko, Russian Minister of Sport, however, believes that it meets all the conditions to participate to participate in the Games. “We had to choose new board members and coaches. Well, we did. What should we do now? Stand on a table and sing a song?”

According to Mutko doping is a global and not a Russian problem. “And now miss our athletes for months competition. They can not qualify. In this way, killed our athletes. You punished as Russia, but individual athletes who have done nothing wrong.”

Russia is punished for years of systematic doping practices. Which were confirmed in November last year in a report by the Independent Commission of Inquiry of the international anti-doping agency WADA

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Documentary

Russia has promised change, but the makers of a German documentary, which aired Sunday, doubt the maid announced in athletics.

They come with a range of evidence about suspended trainers who are just working with Russian athletes. They also show that the current director of the anti-doping agency Rusada has been responsible for fraud in connection with the inspections by informing athletes in advance of a visit from the urine and blood collector.

A famous trainer would this currently even deal in illegal drugs.

Morocco

Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Ukraine and Belarus have of making IAAF work of their anti-doping program, which now does not meet international requirements .

in particular, Ethiopia and Morocco have their affairs in order and not have to act quickly. The other three countries must demonstrate by the end of the year they have improved their lives. A suspension for the five countries, or even exclusion from the Games, is not yet on the agenda.

Kenya usually gathers many medals at the Summer Games, but the country has long feared exclusion by the IAAF. A big doping scandal in the country cost the job of some directors of the Kenyan Athletics Federation. We are working on a antidopingwet at breakneck speed, which should prevent the exclusion of athletes

By:. ANP / NU.nl