WADA will check applications for the use of doping at the Sochi Olympics

The World Anti -Doping Agency will check the statements of the former Rusad employee Vitaly Stepanov about the use of prohibited drugs at the Sochi Olympics. This was reported on the official website of WADA.

"WADA will immediately check new accusations against Russian doping services regarding the Olympic Games in Sochi-2014," the agency said in a statement. We are talking about the CBS News TV channel "60 minutes" shown on Sunday.

"Statements made in the program give a real reason for concern, since they contain allegations of attempts to undermine the process of combating doping at the Sochi Olympics," said WADA President Craig Ridi. He expressed bewilderment in connection with the fact that the ex-head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Center Grigory Rodchenkov, being one of those who were interviewed by the members of the independent WADA commission during the investigation of the case in Russian athletics, did not report anything about the situation with Sochi. Ridie thanked Stepanov and his wife, athlete Julia Stepanov, for active cooperation with WADA.

Stepanov said in the CBS News program that at least four Russian athletes who won the gold medals of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, used doping . According to Stepanov, at present, Rodchenkov, who was currently in the United States, told him that employees of Russian special services were involved in violations of anti-doping norms at the 2014 Olympics. "The FSB tried to control every step of the anti -doping process in Sochi," Stepanov said. Also, he claims, Rodchenkov has a "list of Sochi", which contains the names of Russian athletes who accepted steroids.

According to the Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko, the accusations made by Stepanov are based on speculation. “This will continue for a long time,” the minister said. “Stepanov sat down on his skate again. He will endlessly talk about doping in Russian sports. This was in the first film, continued in the next. All his so -called revelations are based on speculations. And they are actively replicated.”

Stepanov and his wife in December 2014 became the main actors of the ARD television company "Secret Doping". It reported that Russian athletes systematically took prohibited drugs at the direction of their coaches.

The information given in the film provoked a WADA investigation. The first part of the WADA committee report was published on November 9, 2015. 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 Moscow Anti -Doping Center, which studied samples for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi were among the reports. 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, gave Vitaly Mutko personally, and the FSB operatives 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", Rodchenkov destroyed 1417 doping tests.

In the second part of the report issued in January 2016, it was argued that VladimirPutin could influence the concealment of the positive doping of Russian athletes. According to the authors of the document, ex-president of the International Association of athletics federations (IAAF), Lamina Diack and Putin, connected friendly relations. Lawyer IAAF Hav Roberts personally transmitted Diac about nine cases of doping to use Russian athletes, learning what actions he plans to take.

On March 7, the third film “The Secret Doping” was released on March 7. Its author, journalist Hyo Seppelt, claims that Russian light athletics has not yet ended the path of purification . The heroes of the 30-minute film were the acting Director General of Ruda Anna Anzeliovich, as well as coaches, Yuri Gordeev and Vladimir Mokhnev. In particular, the author of the film accuses the author of the film. Antseliovich is that during her work in this organization, she agreed with athletes on the time they hand over doping tests.

Gordeev, Zeppelt claims, supplied athletes forbidden drugs. Former coach of the Russian athletics, Julia Stepanova, Vladimir Mokhnev, who, by decision of the International Association of athletics federations, must be lifelously removed from work in sports, according to the journalist, despite all the prohibitions, continues to train athletes.

Seppelt also considers the death of the former executive director of Rusad Nikita Kamaev. The author of the film claims that shortly before his death, Kamaev was supposed to transfer data on doping in Russian sports in foreign media, which are revealing.