Disqualification

IOC confirmed the disqualification of the Russian national team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

The International Olympic Committee confirmed the disqualification of the Russian national team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Let me remind you that the Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on June 17 upheld the ban on Russian athletes to participate in games due to doping . In fact, the Russians are not allowed to the Olympics. They will be able to participate in competitions only individually if they prove that they do not use doping. In fact, this means superdroponic anti -doping inspections, superfluencies to Russian athletes of anti -doping services and, in general, as they say in Russia, "a bias that has already been psychologically exhausted Russian athletes."

After the revelations, which in Russia are considered unproven, made by the ARD television channel and the German journalist Zeppelt , after the articles in The New York Times, after recognizing the former director of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov IAAF found that she discovered the organized efforts of trainers and officials in Russia and abroad, Close to contribute to the use of doping and hide cases of its application.

President of the IOC Thomas Bach

A report of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) 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. The report also noted serious difficulties that the agency had to deal with. 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.

Consequently, I concluded the IAAF council, a ban on participating in competitions will not be lifted from Russian athletes - that is, they will miss the Olympics. It was expected (especially in Russia) that the International Olympic Committee may allow those athletes who will take a doping test to the competition. At the same time, IAAF said that Russians could not speak under the flag of the Russian Federation.

It is curious that this IAAF decision literally has a historical precedent. In 1980, when the Moscow Olympiad underwent a boycott, the IOC allowed the athletes of those countries that participated in a boycott, perform at the Games under the flag of the IOC, and not under their national flags. One of those who took advantage of this right was the British athlete Sebastian Coe , who became an Olympic champion in running 1,500 meters. Now the Lord Coe is the president of Iaaf, and he is “in his skin”, as they say, knows what such a performance under the flag with five rings. It seems that this was precisely his idea, aimed primarily at not disqualifying all the light-eating Russians Chokhu, but to give the opportunity to perform at the Games in Rio to some of them-the most “pure” in terms of doping. In the end, athletes, not political associations, compete primarily in games! So no one interferes, say, Elena Isinbaeva, who confidently declares his "cleanliness", to speak in Rio under the Olympic flag.

Russian athletes are not personally punished - the entire system of work with athletes in Russia has been punished

The IOC decisions of June 21 were also expected because it was not clear where the idea of a large -scale exclusion from the Olympic program of the entire Russian delegation, and not just Russian athletes, spread. Some senior Russian officials made relevant statements - for example, the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko spoke out in the sense that Russia could not be intimidated with such threats. And the head coach of the athletics team Yuri Borzakovsky spoke about a certain "plan B", which will allow Russian athletes to calmly exist without the Olympics. They also recalled examples from the past, for example, the Game "Friendship-84", which were conceived as an alternative to the Olympiads during the Boycotes of 1980 and 1984. We also note that the Secretary General of the All -Russian Athletics Federation Mikhail Butov refused to vote - and left the meeting of the IAAF council.

But in the end, the IOC behaved reasonably. On June 21, the issue of the Russian team was not included in the official program of the IOC summit. President of the IOC Thomas Bach gave a special press conference at which he set up all points over I. It turned out the following. The question of disqualification of the entire Russian delegation was not raised at all. The IOC follows the decisions of the International Sports Federations, and if IAAF decided to punish Russian athletes, its decision was in force. Regarding Russian swimmers, weightlifters and other participants in the Olympic Games there were no decisions of the relevant federations. Therefore, there is no one to disqualify, especially the delegation of the whole country.

The solution of the IOC is as follows about individual Russian athletes: “clean”, that is, Russians who are not convicted of using doping can participate in the games, but not in the team, but individually - if they prove that they are not to blame. That is, they will be “awarded” special anti -doping attention, and their tests will be investigated for doping for many years.

Elena Isinbaeva

Regarding the Olympic flag, Thomas Bach had his own opinion: he canceled the IAAF decision and allowed the Russians to speak under the Russian banner. To the question of journalists, whether he contacted Vladimir Putin, Bach did not answer, calling this question "speculation".

That is, summarizing, we can say that disqualification with the Russian athletics team has not been removed. And the relief like the flag will remain as such - Bach simply did not go deep into political realities.

In general, it should be noted that Russian athletes are not personally punished - the entire system of work with athletes in Russia has been punished. Therefore, the Russian athletics Olympic delegation is disqualified - its leadership, doctors, masseurs, coaches, guards, etc. And it is not forbidden to go to the athletes to go to the games - we just need to confirm their “cleanliness”. Will it not be easy to do outside the vicious system? Apparently yes. But there is nothing to do ...

Alexey Kuznetsov - Sports Observer Radio Liberty