The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has halved the sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russia and banned its athletes from participating under its anthem and flag in any Olympic competition or world championships for two years, until on December 16, 2022.
This period includes the Tokyo Games, in July 2021, and the Beijing Winter Games, in February 2022. Russian athletes will be able to participate as “independents” and without any of the symbols of their country.
Russia had appealed before the Lausanne-based TAS the previous decision of the AMA, which in December 2019 ordered a four-year veto in Russia of any Olympic or world event to manipulate the sports database of the Moscow Laboratory .
The TAS determined today that Russia “has not complied with the World Anti-Doping Code”, so for two years no Russian athlete will be able to participate in major international sports competitions under the banner of his country.
During that period, you will not be able to organize world championships in your territory either.
Russia had appealed to the TAS, based in Lausanne (Switzerland), the previous decision of the WADA, which on December 9, 2019 ordered a four-year veto in Russia of any Olympic or world event to manipulate the database sports of the Moscow Laboratory.
The TAS ratified that Russia “has not complied with the World Anti-Doping Code”, so until December 16, 2022 no Russian athlete will be able to participate in major international sports competitions under the banner of his country.
The sanction does not affect next year’s European Football Championship – the Russian city of St. Petersburg is home to three first-round matches and one of the quarter-finals – as they only reached world and Olympic events, not continental ones.
They will also not be able to officially attend World Championships in any sport or Olympic Games representing the Russian Government, although this prohibition includes broad exceptions (for example, they may do so if expressly invited by leaders of the host country, or if they are members of the International Olympic Committee).
The TAS ruling further obliges the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to pay $ 1.27 million to the AMA to cost the investigations.
The decision is issued one month after the hearing will be held behind closed doors around the case, from 2 to 5 November and in a mixed format (some appearances were personal and others by videoconference) due to preventive measures for the COVID-19 pandemic[FEMININE
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