Doping tests of Russian participants at the Rio Olympics turned out to be negative

All doping tests taken from Russian athletes during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were negative. This was stated to the R-Sport agency by the head of the Russian delegation at the Games, Igor Kazikov.

There is no confirmation of this information from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) yet.

“All doping tests (taken from the Russians) are negative. Are you ready for the fact that they will double-check them? Well, you know, we like to check something after 10 years, how the samples were stored and where they were stored. This is also just an excuse to discuss this topic one more time,” Kazikov said.

R-Sport

• Only those Russian athletes were allowed to participate in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in whom the international sports federations and the IOC did not find violations of anti-doping rules. Additional control was introduced due to numerous doping scandals in Russian sports.
• The Russian athletics team was suspended from the Games in full force. An exception was made only for jumper Daria Klishina, who had been training in the United States in recent years, but already during the Olympics she had to defend her right to participate in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
• Russia finished fourth in the unofficial medal standings at the 2016 Olympics with 19 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze medals. The first three places were taken by the USA, Great Britain and China.