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The restoration process of ARAF has been suspended
The World Athletics Council has suspended the process of restoring the membership of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF). This decision was announced by the head of the World Athletics working group, Rune Andersen.
“The World Athletics Council has given the working group a mandate to formulate recommendations on sanctions against RusAF for violating its obligations and anti-doping rules. The Council unanimously approved the decision to give Congress the opportunity to consider the complete exclusion of RusAF from the World Athletics Association,” RIA Novosti quotes Andersen, noting that the record The functionary’s speech is available on the organization’s YouTube channel.
On Thursday, seven participants in the case of high jumper Danil Lysenko, including the athlete himself and ARAF President Dmitry Shlyakhtin, were charged with violating anti-doping rules. The Athletics Independent Unit (AIU) announced their suspension.
In addition to Shlyakhtin and Lysenko himself, ARAF executive director Alexander Parkin, ARAF presidium member, president of the regional public organization "Moscow Region Athletics Federation" Artur Karamyan, head of the sports programs department of ARAF Elena Orlova, ARAF anti-doping coordinator Elena Ikonnikova and Lysenko's coach Evgeniy Zagorulko were temporarily suspended .
Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said on Friday that the Ministry of Sports accreditation commission will consider the future fate of ARAF on November 27.
RusAF's membership in the World Athletics Association was frozen in November 2015. Since then, Russian track and field athletes can compete only with individual permits and in a neutral status.