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Russian Athletes Part of State-Sponsored Doping Program, Report Finds
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Russia faces world athletics expulsion when doping report is published
INTERPOL supporting French investigation into athletics corruption
IAAF STATEMENT
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Complete report
Russia faces world athletics expulsion when doping report is published
INTERPOL supporting French investigation into athletics corruption
IAAF STATEMENT
In response to WADA's Independent Commission report issued today, the IAAF President, Sebastian Coe, has taken the urgent step of seeking approval from his fellow IAAF Council Members to consider sanctions against the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF). These sanctions could include provisional and full suspension and the removal of future IAAF events.
Commenting on the report, the IAAF President said: "The information in WADA's Independent Commissions Report is alarming. We need time to properly digest and understand the detailed findings included in the report. However, I have urged the Council to start the process of considering sanctions against ARAF. This step has not been taken lightly. Our athletes, partners and fans have my total assurance that where there are failures in our governance or our anti-doping programmes we will fix them. We will do whatever it takes to protect the clean athletes and rebuild trust in our sport. The IAAF will continue to offer the police authorities our full co-operation into their ongoing investigation.
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The reported presence of the security services (FSB) within the laboratory setting in Sochi and at the Moscow laboratory, actively imposed an atmosphere of intimidation on laboratory process and staff, and supported allegations of state influence in sports events.
The direct interference into the laboratory’s operations by the Russian State significantly undermines the laboratory’s independence.
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The Moscow laboratory is not operationally independent from RUSADA or the Ministry of Sport. Its impartiality, judgment and integrity were compromised by the surveillance of the FSB within the laboratory during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
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“[L]ast time in Sochi, we had some guys pretending to be engineers in the lab but actually they were from the federal security service, let’s call it the new KGB; FSB.”
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WADA provided the Moscow laboratory with a deadline to ensure that corrective actions regarding the ISL non-compliance were completed. The WADA disciplinary committee agreed to give the laboratory until 30 May 2013, to implement the corrective action. Despite being given extensions by WADA, on 19 July 2013, the required corrective actions had still not been implemented.
This led to further disciplinary action against the Moscow laboratory with potential loss of accreditation. It is understood by the IC that despite the substandard performance of
the laboratory, there was a distinct desire not to revoke the accreditation of the laboratory prior to the Sochi Olympics. A temporary solution was, therefore, reached for the period of the Olympics, with further actions to be approved by the WADA Laboratory Committee following the Games. Such remedial actions remained uncompleted well after the established deadline.
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The Moscow laboratory is not operationally independent from RUSADA or the Ministry of Sport. Its impartiality, judgment and integrity were compromised by the surveillance of the FSB within the laboratory during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
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