The Kremlin reacted to the withdrawal from Russia of accusations of supporting the doping system

04 September 2017, 21:40 | Peace
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the decision of Richard McClaren, head of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), to withdraw accusations of state support for doping from Russia. His words are reported on Monday, September 4, correspondent of "Tapes. RU". According to Peskov, "here one can only express satisfaction if this is really so". "We from the very beginning resolutely denied this even a hypothetical possibility," he added.. On the withdrawal of charges from Russia earlier September 4, the head of the Independent Public Anti-Doping Commission Vitaly Smirnov. McLaren said that he changed his mind during a personal meeting with Smirnov. McLaren is the author of a report on the use of doping by Russian athletes. It was published in two parts in 2016. It was reported that thousands of representatives of 30 sports were involved in manipulating doping tests at various tournaments, including the 2014 Sochi Olympics. According to the Canadian professor, the state knew and supported the functioning of the doping system, which hid from the public the samples of domestic athletes.

In March 2017, at the WADA symposium, McLaren confessed that he had changed his mind, and in the case of Russia it was not a "state" system, but an "institutional" system. Partly because of these reports, a number of Russian athletes (including the two-time Olympic champion in pole vaulting, Elena Isinbayeva) were suspended from major world competitions, including the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. For the same reason, it was decided to transfer a number of international tournaments from Russia.

Original article: The Kremlin has reacted to the withdrawal from Russia of accusations of supporting the doping system.




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