Do not hope for the IOC

The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee announced the respect of the position of the International Association of athletics federations, which left the disqualification of the All -Russian Athletics Federation. This is consistent with the long-standing policy of the "zero tolerance" of the IOC in matters of using doping, the IOC press release says .

“The IOC Executive Committee emphasized that IAAF is fully respected,” the statement said. “The competence of athletes at any international tournament, including the Olympic Games, is under the jurisdiction of the relevant international federation.”

It is also noted in the IOC release that the organizations of the organization will consider the situations of countries whose anti -doping agencies have been inappropriate to the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA). "IOC will take measures to guarantee equal opportunities for all athletes at the 2016 Games. The upcoming summit on Tuesday will turn to the situation of countries whose anti-doping agencies were declared inappropriate WADA code due to the ineffective functioning of the national anti-doping system," the document says.

On November 14, the IAAF Council temporarilyremoved Russia from the competition under its auspices for an indefinite period. 22 members of the committee out of 24 voted for the removal of Russia. One voted against. Russia, which is part of the Council, had no vote. The decision entered into force immediately.

On Friday, IAAF extended the disqualification of the All -Russian Athletics Federation. 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.