Russia on doping – Onet.pl

 
  Photo: AFP
 
 
  Russian athletes are on trial
 
 
 

would like to say that yet there was not. Except that just … it was. Doping system supported by the state currently associated with the period of the Cold War, a kind of sport race that waged East and West, often resorting to shameful methods. Yes they treated even in the GDR, where the relevant state structures supported at all costs and all means possible national sport. Guidelines medal got there not only athletes, but also the doctors stuffed them with various anabolics. It seemed that it was all a long time ago, somewhere at the back in the past. In 2015, the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) strongly stated that such a system is present in the Russian sport. Now it proposes to exclude the greatest country in the world of track and field structures. It is not known at the start of the players from Russia at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

dipped in the fingers even Russian intelligence

The whole shocking truth came out with a report Monday WADA. According to him, Russian athletes have competed in recent times, being under the influence of prohibited aids. Requested as long as disqualification for five of them, including Olympic champion from London 2012 in the 800 meters Maria Sawinowej and other athletes running around at the same distance – Ekaterina Poistogowej. The names of the others are not yet known.

It was also found that the Russian minister of sport – Vitaly Mutko took part in cover-up case and manipulating anti-doping samples. He denied everything, not recognizing the decisions of the organization. – There is no evidence that would promote these accusations. WADA may expose some recommendations, but has no right to exclude anyone from the competition – said Mutko.

This all he had to dip his fingers as Russian intelligence – the FSB, intervening with the work of the anti-doping in the service of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi. WADA recommended the withdrawal of the accreditation of the Moscow laboratory antydopingowemu that in the eyes of world experts just lost their credibility. No wonder – according to the report there were destroyed fifteen hundred anti-doping samples.

In the coming days will be considered suspension of Russian athletes all competitions under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), including the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. If that happens, the storm which threatens us in world sport was not yet. Russians fear that this is not the end.

Russian biathlon – the next in line?

It is worth saying, from what started the whole investigation. December 3, 2014, the German public television issued a movie where not run out shocking details. They spoke at the Russian athletes. They talked about prevailing “system of doping corruption”. Some of them had to pay native athletics federation for falsifying the results of its anti-doping tests so that tests showed no use of prohibited drugs.

Sightings he also chaired the recent international athletics federation, the Senegalese Lamine Diack, who was expecting to receive more than one million euros in 2011 to cover up the positive results of doping tests Russian players. Also accused person of his immediate entourage, including his son.

The investigation brought their results until now. but identifying the guilty only begun. Russian media call the whole thing a farce. You can reach them, however, to learn that the next in line is biathlon. – We all held purely, I can confirm that. All but absolutely everyone we federation controlled as pure as tear. No history has there been – argued the president of the Russian biathlon federation, Sergei Kuszenko. However, there are concerns.

also sought to reassure Vadim Zieliczenok, acting as President of the Russian athletics federation (Arafa) . – I do not think there has been a removal of our athletes with the Olympics, but even consideration of this issue is very unpleasant. We were given time to present his defense and to give appropriate explanations. Within this short time, we should be all that effectively addressed.

Laboratory in Moscow served athletes from the People’s Republic

It can be assumed that WADA zaleciłoby not so tough sanctions if presented the evidence was not strong. With the other hand, in the sports world it was not yet so great exclusions and that on such a powerful state, which at the moment is Russia. There were at most disqualification of individual players or entire representation in weightlifting, but never something like this on such a large scale.

Probably there will be people who will not be surprised that the whole affair relates specifically to Russia. Especially if you remember they operate exactly the same anti-doping laboratory in Moscow, which had just lost its accreditation from a bygone era. Even in the Soviet era, in the 80s of last century, they sent him samples of Polish athletes and even national competitions, because on the Vistula no one has been able to examine them. It was not then to disqualify the players and cover up the fact that doping. If the capital of the Soviet Union because it was detected that a player used a detectable cheering, quickly walked the feedback, not to send him to international competitions, eg. Due to injury. But this is just a curiosity.

What will be the finale of the whole thing now, it is hard to predict. Sometimes, even when accusations of the highest caliber in the sport, ended on a symbolic pogrożeniu finger, as even at the last Winter Olympics in Sochi, which took place at best, despite the armed conflict in Ukraine has already proven the participation of Russia. IOC then closed his eyes, because disruption of the Games would be a scandal on a global scale.

I wonder, however, how will behave now. Because the worst in all this is that the case may have very unpleasant political consequences. It is not known whether it will be brave to bring all working against Russia’s Vladimir Putin – even those sports.