
The Olympic Committee of Russia initiates the reform of the All -Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA), according to the RCR website. This is necessary that Russian athletes pure from doping be allowed to participate in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The head of the OKR Alexander Zhukov and the president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach held a working meeting to discuss the conclusions and recommendations of the report of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA). OKR took the obligation to coordinate the fate of Russian organizations in an international investigation of cases of doping from athletes from Russia.
“All officials, officials, coaches, specialists, and so on, involved in the use of doping athletes, will be removed from any activity in the field of sports and be punished,” the Kommunik said, all the athletes who used doping will be punished in accordance with international anti -doping rules. The rights of all purely from doping athletes will be protected. ”
If the OCD ensures "compliance with all involved sports structures with international standards and rules" that did not use doping Russian athletes can be admitted to the Olympics, Bach noted.
Over the next three months, extraordinary elections will be held in the WFLA and the composition of the leadership will be updated, the Ministry of Sports said . The acting President of the WFLA Vadim Zelichenok said that he was ready to resign. “I'm not sure that now is the situation when you need to resign,” he said. “But I am ready to leave my post if it helps to improve the situation.”
On Friday, the Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)removed Russia from competitions under its auspices for an indefinite period. The decision comes into force immediately. This makes the participation of the Russian national athletics team in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, Russia will not accept the team championship of the world in sports walking in Cheboksary and the Youth World Cup on walking in Kazan. These competitions are scheduled for 2016.
The temporary removal of Russia from competitions does not mean that Russian athletes cannot take part in internal competitions. Athletes should still follow all the IAAF rules to control the use of doping.
Membership of the All -Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) in IAAF is suspended. In the near future, a special commission will be created, which within 60 days should develop recommendations on the deadline for suspension of the membership of the WFLA or its complete termination.
Earlier on Friday, the WADA Committee decided on the mismatch of the Russian Anti -Doping Agency (RUSADA) of the organization. The final decision on the fate of Rusad should be made on the Council of the founders of WADA, which will be held on November 17-18 in the United States.
On Monday, WADA report was published. With reference to the data transmitted by the Interpol, it was argued that leading Russian athletes, including participants in the Olympic Games and winners of prestigious competitions, have been taking doping for years . In addition, the authors of the document stated that instructors, coaches and doctors, as well as various institutions, were involved in the Russian doping program.
The report included Rusada and the Anti -Doping Center, which studied samples for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, were among the reports in Sochi. It was reported on remuneration for concealing doping tests and agreements with athletes who knew that the samples taken from them would be destroyed.
The orders of manipulations with doping tests of athletes, according to the report, were personally given by the Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko, and operatives of the FSB were observed in the destruction of samples in the laboratory. As noted, three days before the audit, which WADA sent to the "Anti-Doping Center", its director Grigory Rodchenkov destroyed 1417 doping tests.
On Tuesday, WADA suspended the accreditation of the "Anti -Doping Center". On the same day, Rodchenkov resigned, so that, according to Mutko, "all the negative to carry with him."