Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup

[Rogue Valley]

Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup

12/9/19
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 Russia, 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. 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 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."

As is typical, Russian Prime Minister Medvedev drums up conspiracy theory rather than acknowledge and accept the consequences for Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) manipulating test results. This Russian doping problem has been ongoing since at least the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Russian thugs also assaulted many fans at the 2016 European Championships held in Marseille, France.

Related: Russia banned from 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup over doping scandal

 

[Helix]

Maybe Russia can hack the Olympics. Hannity and the rest of RT USA can report that Putin got more gold medals than Michael Phelps.

 

[Phys251]

Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup

As is typical, Russian Prime Minister Medvedev drums up conspiracy theory rather than acknowledge and accept the consequences for Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) manipulating test results. This Russian doping problem has been ongoing since at least the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Russian thugs also assaulted many fans at the 2016 European Championships held in Marseille, France.

Related: Russia banned from 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup over doping scandal

Russia has been doing this for years and has been punished before. They still. Do. Not. Learn.

 

[lemmiwinx]

You know the Russians and East Germans were the first ones to pump their female Olympic athletes full of male hormones. Don't know why it's even illegal now when male to female transgenders are allowed to compete as females in our high schools and colleges.

 

[digsbe]

They should ban the Chinese for bullying Taiwan.

 

[swing_voter]

They should ban the Chinese for bullying Taiwan.

And put Chinese Muslims in concentration camps.

 

[Litwin]

Russia has been doing this for years and has been punished before. They still. Do. Not. Learn.

they can not win the meddles without doping, this how the commies sport industry was build in ussr times

 

[Litwin]

You know the Russians and East Germans were the first ones to pump their female Olympic athletes full of....

do you think that Muscovite collaborationists pumped with cr&p only the female Olympic athletes ?

 

[Litwin]

You know the Russians and East Germans were the first ones to pump their female Olympic athletes full of male hormones. Don't know why it's even illegal now when male to female transgenders are allowed to compete as females in our high schools and colleges.

Belarus sport team won t take banned Maskal drag-addicts in national team. Northern Papua banned for

 

[Utility Man]

 

[Rogue Valley]

 

[Litwin]

Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup

As is typical, Russian Prime Minister Medvedev drums up conspiracy theory rather than acknowledge and accept the consequences for Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) manipulating test results. This Russian doping problem has been ongoing since at least the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Russian thugs also assaulted many fans at the 2016 European Championships held in Marseille, France.

Related: Russia banned from 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup over doping scandal

Maybe Russia can hack the Olympics. Hannity and the rest of RT USA can report that Putin got more gold medals than Michael Phelps.

Russia has been doing this for years and has been punished before. They still. Do. Not. Learn.

They should ban the Chinese for bullying Taiwan.

And put Chinese Muslims in concentration camps.