by Alfonz Juck
Moscow 2013, photo by PhotoRun.net
CURRENT CASE
LAUSANNE (SUI): The findings of the report show a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sports and on the Olympic Games. Therefore, the IOC will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organisation implicated,” IOC President Thomas Bach said. The International Sports Organisations will now have to evaluate the IP Report and then take the appropriate measures, according to their respective rules. IOC also started disciplinary actions related to the involvement of officials within the Russian Ministry of Sports and other persons mentioned in the report because of violations of the Olympic Charter and the World Anti-Doping Code. With regard to the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC will carefully evaluate the IP Report. It will explore the legal options with regard to a collective ban of all Russian athletes for the Olympic Games 2016 versus the right to individual justice. In this respect, the IOC will have to take the CAS decision on 21 July 2016 concerning the IAAF rules into consideration, as well as the World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Charter. From IOC statement.
LAUSANNE (SUI): Among immediate actions of the IOC are that it will not organise or give patronage to any sports event or meeting in Russia. This includes plans for the European Games 2019 organised by the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The IOC will not grant any accreditation to any official of the Russian Ministry of Sport or any person implicated in the IP Report for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016. Because of the detailed references to the manipulation of samples during the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 the IOC asks all International Olympic Winter Sports Federations to freeze their preparations for major events in Russia, such as World Championships, World Cups or other major international competitions under their responsibility, and to actively look for alternative organisers. These provisional measures apply until 31 December 2016. They will be reviewed by the IOC EB at its meeting in December 2016. From IOC statement.
LAUSANNE (SUI): Insidethegames informs that double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva says she is “optimistic” Russia’s Rio 2016 athletics ban will be overturned at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after speaking at an appeal hearing today. The appeal against this ruling was filed by jointly by the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 athletes with a decision due on Thursday (July 21). IAAF President Sebastian Coe was also in attendance today in Lausanne. “IAAF President Sebastian Coe attended the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing today in Switzerland between The Russian Olympic Committee, Lyukman Adams and 67 other individual Russian Track & Field athletes v. the IAAF,” the IAAF statement said. “Coe told CAS this morning he wanted to be at the hearing given the importance of the case for athletes and sport and he wanted to thank CAS for its willingness to expedite the hearing.”
LAUSANNE (SUI): “The information and conclusions provided by Professor Richard McLaren and his investigative team have confirmed the correctness of the IAAF’s recent decision to uphold the suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF), first imposed on 13 November 2015, and highlighted the strong leadership demonstrated by the sport of athletics in the fight against this most serious threat. While the focus now and in the coming days is rightly on whether the country’s competitors will or will not be eligible to take part in next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we must not lose sight of the bigger story, which is the profound cultural, organisational and procedural changes required before all sports can confidently welcome clean sportsmen and sportswomen from Russia to future international events. As a member of the IAAF Council I will be pushing on behalf of all athletes and Member Federations in Europe for speedy clarification about the impact of the report’s findings on the results of the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, the 139 so called “disappearing positive” test results in athletics and any other implications for our sport,” said European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen in a statement
