Russia can be removed from the Olympic Games for another four years

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The responsible committee of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) recommended the organization to extend the ban on Russia's participation in international sports competitions for another 4 years. This means that at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, the Russian team will not be able to play under the national flag, and at the ceremonies of the awarding of athletes the Russian anthem will not play. WADA will make the final decision on December 9.

• The recommendations of the WADA compliance Committee to extend the Olympic ban for Russia reported The New York Times. Later this information was confirmed by the representative of the organization.
• The Committee, under the chairmanship of Jonathan Taylor, came to the conclusion that Russian officials seized data from the base of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory, transmitted by WADA as part of the settlement of previous claims, as a result of which Russia was prohibited in the 2018 Winter Olympiad in Korean Pyeongchang. The provision of the sampling base was one of the condition for lifting the ban; At the end of 2018, the ban was lifted.
• The final decision of WADA will make December 9; The expectations are such that she will agree with the proposal of the Taylor committee, writes Nyt. The Committee recommended that Russia be suspended for 4 years from all international competitions under the auspices of organizations that signed the WADA Code. In addition to the International Olympic Committee, this is, for example, FIFA, organizing world football championships.
• Large sports tournaments, including the 2020 European Football Championship in Russia, can also be banned. Four matches of his final tournament (three group and one quarterfinals) should be held in St. Petersburg.