CAS has been disqualified for life-imprisoned in the doping scandal of the Russian doctor Portugalov

The sports arbitration court in Lausanne (CAS) was disqualified by the former deputy director of the All-Russian Research Institute of Physical Culture and Sports (VNIIIFK) Sergey Portugalov. As stated in the message on the official website of the All -Russian Athletics Federation, the treatment was carried out and entered into force on March 10.

Portugalov was found guilty of violating several articles of the anti -doping rules of the International Association of athletics federations (IAAF) - 32.2 (F) "Possession of prohibited substance or method", 32.2 (G) "Distribution or attempt to spread prohibited substance or method", 32.2 (h) "Purpose of the appointment of a prohibited substance or method" anti -doping rules IAAF.

Portugalov was one of the defendants in the film by the German television channel ARD about the use of doping by Russian athletes. The facts mentioned in the film became the subject of the investigation of the independent commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA), which resulted in disqualification by the IAAF council. According to the commission, Portugalov, who also worked in WFLA, sent recommendations to the athletes how to take doping.

The surname Portugalov is also mentioned in the investigation conducted in March 2016 The Times. According to the publication, Portuguese, a member of the Medical Commission in the All -Russian Swimming Federation, he also held one of the leading posts in the European Swimming League (LEN). At the same time, he "actively encouraged the systematic use of doping by members of the national swimming team."

Last Tuesday, the acting director of the Russian Anti -Doping Agency Anna Anzeliovich resigned . “This decision is in no way connected with the publication of The New York Times, simply according to the criteria (restoration of the organization. - Ed.), A person should not have experience in the previous leadership of the Russian Rusad. The other day a competition will be announced to replace the position of general director, Anzeliovich will be engaged in a similar work, but in another structure,” Vice Prime Minister Vitaliy Mutko said.

On December 28, 2016, in an interview with The New York Times, Anceliovichrecognized the existence of a doping system in Russia . According to her, "it was an institutional conspiracy." At the same time, Antzeliovich emphasized that representatives of the country's top leadership did not participate in it. I.O. The head of Rusada added that she was shocked when she found out about it. As the publication noted, this is the first time that Russian officials recognize the presence of a Russian doping program.