Games for patriots

Moscow does not want to implement the scenario of the non -participation of the Russian national team in the 2018 winter games in Pyeongchang and hopes to continue interaction with the International Olympic Committee. This was stated by Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, reports R-Sport.

"At the direction of the President of the Russian Federation, our sports officials continue the intensive dialogue with the IOC and its representatives. We hope that interaction with the IOC will continue and all issues will be removed. In general, we would certainly not want to talk about some worst scenario associated with the non-participation of our team in the Olympic Games, because, of course, this can cause serious damage to the entire Olympic. movement, ”said Peskov. So he answered the question whether the Kremlin considers it possible to refuse to participate in the Olympics if the IOC applies strict measures to the Russian team.

On the eve of The New York Times, with reference to their own sources, said the Supreme OMs of the IOC consider the options for punishing the Russian national team for doping violations . IOC can impose a “significant financial fine” or ban any mention of Russia during games, Nyt interlocutors said. In particular, the Russian team may prohibit participating in the opening ceremony, as well as cancel the execution of the national anthem at awards. Also, some athletes may prohibit participation in competitions. This is due to Russian accusations of the state program to conceal doping violations.

The decision on the admission of Russian athletes for the Olympic Games should be made on December 5 at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the IOC.

On Sunday, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, said that Moscow is not considering the option of speaking the Russian team at the 2018 Olympics under a neutral flag.

On September 14, the endoping agencies of 17 countries turned to WADA with an appeal to remove Russia from the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. A few days later, the number of states, whose agencies made such statements, increased to 28. However, the head of WADA Craig Reidy called these calls "useless."

On September 24, the head of the US Anti -Doping Agency (USADA) Travis Taigart criticized WADA foran insufficiently tough position in relation to Russian athletes. "WADA should recommend that Russia is forbidden to participate in the Winter Olympic Games, and Russian athletes allowed to speak under a neutral flag if they prove that they are clean," the functionary said. Another position, according to Thagiga, will demonstrate, "that on the way to the top you can flashes and even if you are caught red -handed, everything will be okay if you have political power."

On November 1, the IOC Disciplinary Commission for life disqualified Russian skiers Alexander Legkov and Evgeny Belov for the use of doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The results of Legkov and Belov in competitions are canceled. Golkova was obliged to return the gold medal awarded for the races of 50 kilometers, and the silver - for the baton. The Olympic Committee of Russia has an obligation to control the execution of the decision.