Running with barriers

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) did not remove the disqualification from the All-Russian Athletics Federation, BBC reports . This decision means the actual ban on the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The decision to extend the disqualification was made unanimously at a meeting of the IAAF Council in Vienna. General Secretary of WFLA Mikhail Butov refused to participate in the vote and left the meeting.

“Despite a certain progress, it was not possible to fulfill all the criteria, and therefore it is not possible to return the membership of the WFLA,” said IAAF President Sebastian COU at a press conference. “This is not a political decision, it was unanimously made by representatives of 26-27 countries, the politician has nothing to do with it”.

The head of the IAAF commission on the reform of VFLA Runa Andersen said that the "clean" Russian athletes could take part in competitions under the auspices of the association. "Separate athletes who were definitely not part of the Russian doping system or have passed a powerful doping test, could claim to participate in competitions, but not under the flag of Russia," he said.

At the same time, according to BBC Sport journalist Dan Roan, next week the IOC will offer a compromise by which athletes who demonstrated their non -involvement in doping will be able to compete in Rio. Earlier, the IOC announced that he would hold a meeting on doping, where he will raise the question of the fate of "pure" athletes.

On Thursday, a report of the World Anti -Doping Agency was published. It said that Russian athletes massively evade doping tests . According to WADA, from February to May 2016, under various pretexts, 736 Russians evaded the delivery of tests. Also, the report noted serious difficulties that the representatives of the agency had to deal with. So in some cases, laboratory staff received incorrect information about the location of athletes. Some athletes indicated closed cities as a place of residence, where it was difficult to get to laboratories.

The report also said that the employees of the British anti -doping agency "faced intimidation and threats of expulsion from the country with armed pro -government agents." In the performance of work, they were also often interfered with coaches, doctors and other employees working with athletes.

On Wednesday, the Commission of athletes at the Russian Olympic Committee filed an open letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach on behalf of athletes, not noticed in the use of doping doping. The letter contains a request to support the rights of athletes who "never violated the rules" so that they can perform at the Games in Rio.

In November 2015, the Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency accused Russia of violations of anti-doping rules and recommended that the International Association of athletics Federations remove Russian athletes from participating in competitions under its auspices, including in the 2016 Olympics. IAAF followed recommendations and disqualified the All -Russian Athletics Federation .

Later, the German ARD channel released a documentary in which its author spoke about the systematic use of doping by Russian athletes. IAAF announced that the ethics committee will check all the facts about doping in Russian athletics shown in the ARD film, and WADA has created a commission to investigate these facts.