Against admission

The head of the World Anti -Doping Agency Craig Ridi is disappointed by the decision of the International Olympic Committee to transfer to the level of international federations a decision to remove Russian athletes from the Olympiad in Rio. His application was published on the official WADA website.

According to Ridie, a report prepared for WADA by lawyer Richard McLaren proved that the Russian authorities indulged in the use of doping athletes. According to the results of the presentation of the report, the agency recommended the IOC to remove Russian athletes.

“WADA was disappointed that the IOC did not follow the recommendations of his executive committee based on the results of the McLaren investigation,” Ridie said. “McLaren’s report undoubtedly proved the existence of a doping program controlled by the Government, which calls the principles of“ pure ”sports recorded in the World Anti -Doping Code.”

On Sunday, the IOC gave a decision on the admission of a Russian athlete for competitions in Rio de Janeiro to the regional entity for international federations for the appropriate sport . The lack of positive national anti -doping testing will not be considered sufficient. All members of the Russian Olympic team must undergo an additional anti -doping audit.

The athletes ever convicted of doping will not be allowed to the games, even if the sanctions have already been removed from them. In addition, in Rio de Janeiro, athletes mentioned in the WADA report will not go.

At the same time, the Russian team as a whole is not disqualified. The athletes admitted to the games will play under the Russian flag.

On July 21, the sports arbitration court in Lausanne rejected the lawsuit of the Olympic Committee of Russia. CAS Secretary General Mathieu Rib said that the OCR could not declare athletes at the 2016 Olympics . "An appeal is possible through the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne within 30 days," Rib said. Nevertheless, according to him, the IOC did not participate in the process and will decide on the admission of the Russian national team to the games independently.