Miracles from the IOC should not wait

The sports arbitration court in Lausanne (CAS) issued a verdict confirming the decision of the International Athletics Association to prevent Russian athletes to the Olympic Games in Brazil. At the same time, the Secretary General of Arbitration Mathieu Rib said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) may allow Russian athletes to the OI, being the organizer of the competition.

According to Riba, according to the Charter of the Olympic Games, the IOC as the main organizer has the right to make his own decision. “As for our court, the Russian Federation is not allowed. And usually by this decision, athletes are not allowed. But the IOC is not a participant in our decision and our decision is mandatory for the IOC, ”said Rib.

However, the IOC itself negatively refers to the idea of ​​the admission of the Russian national team to participate in the Olympics and uses all funds to make its refusal as reasonable as possible. Thus, experts comment on the decision of the sports arbitration in Lausanne, who refused Russia in the right to participate in the OI-2016.

Nikita Belogolovtsev

According to sports journalists, Nikita Belogolovtsev, if we talk about the possibilities of performing at the Olympics, which still remained with Russian athletes, these possibilities are mainly speculative, and not actual.

“The key word here is formally. Formally, the International Olympic Committee can really make a decision without focusing on the decision of the sports arbitration court. Yes, formally it is. Formally, the voting of members of the IOC executive committee can focus on any of their internal or external considerations. They like the outwardly Russian athletes and athletes, or not.

In practice, it is absolutely obvious that the IOC uses any opportunity to reinforce its negative decision. It is absolutely obvious that they postponed the verdict to hear the decision of the sports arbitration court. Firstly, it’s corny insure of possible unpleasant consequences like claims, accusations of bias, accusations of dampness of the report and the far-fetched of his arguments.

Well, that is, in the IOC, of ​​course, they were waiting for new arguments (arguments - in Orig.). And, of course, what is happening in this area, the brick behind the brick strengthens the position of the IOC and simplifies it to make a negative decision. Like, it is accepted not because the MOK members wanted so much, but because, look: there is a WADA report, there is a decision of the feers, there is a decision of the associations of summer and winter sports - but here there is already a decision of the arbitration court.

In general, I think (although it is pointless to consider the chances as a percentage, if we had 17% or 23% there), which, in any case, the chances that Russia still had at least halved. Because it is still the highest body of sports justice, which did not find the possibility of Russian athletes to the Olympic Games. Therefore, although in the IOC there are a certain number of people related to Russia positively or even purely positively, of course, the pressure on them in which case will be incredible.

Athlete Sergey Bubka / YouTube.com

Let's imagine: here, for example, Sergey Bubka is a member of the IOC Executive Committee, which theoretically could relate to Russia well. But to the pressure of the so -called world community, the decision of the sports arbitration court is also added to the pressure in the homeland. That is, you need to oppose another argument. It is necessary, among other things, to defiantly oppose this another argument.

Here you still need to make decision -making technology. Most likely, it will be an absolutely unprecedented telephone vote in history. And formally, it would have to be secret, but how could a secret vote be? Sooner or later and leaks, we will roughly find out who voted. In this case, a person voting for the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games, imagine what inhuman pressure will be subjected to.

We take out the brackets, in the case or not Russia is now kicking for doping from all sides. But this remains: this person, in fact, gets up and says: “No, you know, I am on the side of the Russians, and I am sure that despite everything that we saw here, heard and know, the Russians are not to blame!” Well, it is necessary for this, I will not be afraid of this pathos word, some courage - regardless of the reasons why such an opinion can be expressed. In general, this, of course, should be an act.

Therefore, I would have formulated this way: yes, of course, formally, the IOC can not listen to anyone: neither WADA nor sports arbitration. But in fact, I do not believe in such a development of events. Of course, there can be continued to conclude some backstage and subcover contracts right now, promises may be made to give everyone who is possible; Maybe some kind of bargain about the 2018 FIFA World Cup; The screams “Yes, you look, this report is full of inconsistencies!”; The thesis that Rodchenkov was judged in Russia could be pedaling, and now a criminal case was again opened against him - but, in fact, I am almost sure that this is one of the last nails in the closing cover. Or there - a straw that broke the back of a camel. Or any other allegory, ”Nikita Belogolovtsev explained.

Former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov / YouTube.com

Answering the question of the possibility of appealing the decision of the sports arbitration in the Swiss Federal Court, the journalist noted that it is not possible to appeal the decision, but only the procedure for making it - which, moreover, will require a long time.

“I, frankly, is not a connoisseur of legal subtleties. Perhaps it can be appealed in the Swiss Federal Court, but in this case, if I am not mistaken, the decision cannot be appealed in fact, but you can appeal the procedure. That is, to say, for example, that the arbitration did not consider all the necessary evidence, thereby violating the procedure. So, the decision was illegitimate; So, you need to repeat consideration. But the courts cannot cancel the decision itself, if I am not mistaken, the courts of general jurisdiction cannot - this is the essence of sports arbitration.

And, in any case, it takes time. In this case, a appeal physically cannot occur before members of the IOC executive committee will vote for or against the removal of Russia, ”Belogolovtsev noted.