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    Russia banned from Olympics and World Cup

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorDecember 9, 2019No Comments4 Mins Read
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    The Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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    Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

    It means the Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics and football’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

    But athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag.

    Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev said the ban was part of “chronic anti-Russian hysteria”.

    “It is obvious that significant doping problems still exist in the country, I mean our sporting community,” he said. “This is impossible to deny.

    “But on the other hand the fact that all these decisions are repeated, often affecting athletes who have already been punished in one way or another, not to mention some other points – of course this makes one think that this is part of anti-Russian hysteria which has become chronic.”

    WADA’s executive committee made the unanimous decision to impose the ban on Russia in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday.

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    It comes after Russia’s Anti Doping Agency (Rusada) was declared non-compliant for manipulating laboratory data handed over to investigators in January 2019.

    It had to hand over data to Wada as a condition of its controversial reinstatement in 2018 after a three-year suspension for its vast state-sponsored doping scandal.

    Wada says Rusada has 21 days to appeal against the ban. If it does so, the appeal will be referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

    WADA president Sir Craig Reedie said the decision showed its “determination to act resolutely in the face of the Russian doping crisis”.

    He added: “For too long, Russian doping has detracted from clean sport. The blatant breach by the Russian authorities of Rusada’s reinstatement conditions demanded a robust response.

    “That is exactly what has been delivered.

    “Russia was afforded every opportunity to get its house in order and re-join the global anti-doping community for the good of its athletes and of the integrity of sport, but it chose instead to continue in its stance of deception and denial.”

    But WADA vice-president Linda Helleland said the ban was “not enough”.

    “I wanted sanctions that can not be watered down,” she said. “We owe it to the clean athletes to implement the sanctions as strongly as possible.”

    A total of 168 Russian athletes competed under a neutral flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after the country was banned following the 2014 Games, which it hosted in Sochi. Russian athletes won 33 medals in Sochi, 13 of which were gold.

    Russia has been banned from competing as a nation in athletics since 2015.

    Despite the ban, Russia will be able to compete at Euro 2020 – in which St Petersburg will be a host city – as European football’s governing body UEFA is not defined as a ‘major event organisation’ with regards to rulings on anti-doping breaches.

    FIFA said it had “taken note” of Wada’s decision, adding: “FIFA is in contact with WADA to clarify the extent of the decision in regards to football.”

    In a statement, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said: “Those responsible for the manipulation of data from the Moscow laboratory before it was transferred to WADA appear to have done everything possible to undermine the principles of fair and clean sport, principles that the rest of the sporting world support and adhere to.

    “This sincere lack of respect towards the rest of the global sporting movement is not welcome and has zero place in the world of sport. It is only right that those responsible for this data manipulation are punished.”

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it “supported” WADA’s decision.

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