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The Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation plans to initiate amendments on doping to the current legislation in the near future. According to these paragraphs, the introduction of administrative liability for the use of doping will be provided. “We are talking about bringing to justice anyone whose guilt is proven - an athlete, a coach or a doctor,” said Deputy Minister Gennady Aleshin.
Aleshin emphasized that this responsibility may include quite harsh measures, including deprivation of a diploma and a ban on practicing a profession. The Ministry expects the adoption and entry into force of the relevant law for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. “We must ensure effective measures to administratively suppress this ugly phenomenon,” RIA Novosti quotes Aleshin as saying.
FINA has sorted out the issue of swimming suits
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has published a list of suits that meet the organization's standards. Ten out of 212 swimsuit models were not included in the list, and 136 were sent to manufacturers for revision.
The International Swimming Federation's approved list does not include the Arena X-Glide suit worn by Frenchman Alain Bernard who set the world record in the 100m freestyle last month. And also Frédéric Bousquet's Italian Jaked 01 suit, which he wore to break the world record in the 50-meter freestyle, AP reports. At the Russian Championships, Anastasia Zueva and Yulia Efimova set two world records in the 50 m backstroke and 50 m breaststroke, also wearing prohibited Arena suits. Evgeniy Korotyshkin broke the Russian 100m butterfly record in Jaked, which was also banned.
“Prohibited suits are the most offensive models made of polyurethane or neoprene. It is still unclear what to do with the world records set in them. It seems that the law should not have retroactive effect, but this is only theoretically. I still find it difficult to predict what decision the international federation will make,” the All Sport agency quotes the head coach of the Russian national team Andrei Vorontsov as saying. According to Vorontsov, FINA is currently implementing the first stage of restrictions on costumes. The next one will begin on January 1, 2010, and the requirements there will be much more stringent.
Frenchman Alain Bernard, who holds the world record in the 100-meter freestyle, categorically disagrees with FINA's decision to reject the type of suit in which he set the highest achievement. “This is a wrong decision,” Bernard said in an interview with L'Equipe. - I think the whole point is that the main sponsor of FINA, the Speedo company, has not yet developed a normal product and is thus trying to get competitors out of the way. Be that as it may, I will still remain the first person in history to swim the 100m in 47 seconds.”
The Russians lost their chance to reach the finals
The men's tennis team consisting of Evgeniy Korolev and Stanislav Vovk lost the chance to reach the final of the World Team Championship in Dusseldorf. The Russians lost all three matches to the Serbian team - two singles and a doubles. And the meeting with the Argentine team, no matter what the result, will not be able to correct the situation.
Let us remind you that eight teams are participating in the world team tennis championship. Russia was in the blue group along with Italy, Serbia and Argentina. The Russians have only won one singles match in a lost match with the Italian national team.
Let us remind you that the initial application of the Russian team included Igor Andreev and Dmitry Tursunov, as well as Evgeny Korolev. But Tursunov and Andreev were forced to refuse participation due to injuries.
Orlando won the first match against Cleveland
Basketball. NBA. Playoffs . Eastern Conference Finals . Cleveland - Orlando - 106:107. The series score is 0-1.
Orlando defeated Cleveland on the road in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals. The best player for Orlando, Dwight Howard, who scored 30 points and made 13 rebounds, did not hide his joy from the victory: “This is a very big and significant victory for us. We fought until the very end. We believed in our success until the siren.”
LeBron James left the court clearly frustrated. His 49 points scored in this match did not save the team from defeat. The next game will also be in Cleveland.
Menchov topped the overall Giro classification
The leader of the Dutch Rabobank team, Denis Menchov, won the 60 km individual time trial at the 12th stage of the Giro D'Italia stage race and led the general classification, wearing a pink jersey.
Before the time trial, Menchov was in second place in the overall standings and was 1 minute behind Danilo Di Luca. 20 sec. Despite the fact that the Italian started last yesterday and could rely on the time of his competitors, he could not oppose anything to Menshov’s speed - an almost two-minute loss. Now the position of the participants in the main classification is as follows: the Russian is in the lead, by 34 seconds. behind Di Luca, in third position is the second prize-winner of the 12th stage, American Levi Leipheimer (lag 0.40), followed by Italian Franco Pellizotti (2.00) and Spaniard Carlos Sastre (2.52). The owner of the pink jersey has changed for the fourth time.
Seven-time winner of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong showed the 13th time at the time trial, losing almost two and a half minutes to Menshov. The legendary American is not yet even in the top ten in the overall standings. And for the Russian, yesterday’s victory was already the second at this year’s Giro. Previously, Denis excelled in the fifth stage.