The Daily Mail: Rodchenkov handed over to the IOC commissions new doping data in Russia

The former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov, who accused Russia of implementing the state system of support for the use of doping, transmitted new information on cases of the use of prohibited substances by Russian athletes to commissions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). About this, as the rain channel drew attention, reports the British edition of The Daily Mail .

According to the newspaper, Rodchenkov could transfer information about athletes from the Russian Federation suspected in doping at the end of October. It is possible that these data will finally resolve the issue of preventing the Russian team for the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

The publication also notes that if the IOC commissions do not include new information in their final reports until December, incriminating evidence may be publicly published. What specific cases of doping is being discussed, the article is not said.

It should be noted that earlier this week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it had at its disposal a database with doping tests of Russian athletes from 2012 to 2015. The media previously reported that the Russian authorities did not want to provide WADA with this information, but the agency received the necessary data through the informant.

“At the end of October, the independent WADA Department for investigations received new information about the former Moscow laboratory accredited by WADA. In particular, WADA received an electronic file, which, according to the Department of Investigation, is the database of the Moscow Doping Center with all testing data from August 2015,” the agency said.

WADA hopes that the information received will help to find new arguments in favor of the conclusions, to which an independent expert of the organization Richard McLaren, who announced the existence of a state program in Russia, encouraging doping athletes in Russia.

Recall that Rodchenkov led the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory from 2006 to 2015, and in January 2016 he fled to the USA, fearing for his life. Behind the ocean, the scientist accused Russia of implementing the state system of support for the use of doping and announced the fraud at the Olympic Games in Sochi, in which, according to him, he took a direct part.

He told how he supplied the Russian Olympians before the performance in Sochi with a powerful doping cocktail of his own invention, and the analyzes of athletes were later allegedly replaced by the FSB officers through the hole in the wall of his laboratory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Russian accusations of supporting the use of doping athletes with the coming presidential elections in the country. The head of state called the idea of ​​the possible prevention of the Russian Federation to the Olympics, as well as participation in the tournament under the neutral flag. Later, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, also stated that the option with a performance under a neutral flag is not considered .