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Russia will be excluded from the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The Sports Court halved the sentence imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency on appeal to two years.
Russia will be excluded from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Games. The International Court of Sports (CAS) halved the four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in its ruling on the appeal process. However, since the sanction does not take effect until the sentence has been pronounced, no Russian team will be able to participate in the next two Olympic Games and probably not in the Qatar 2022 World Cup either.
During this period, unaffected athletes in the country can compete as neutral athletes in major events. To do this, they must meet certain anti-doping conditions. The Russian anthem cannot be played or sung, the Russian flag cannot be worn or hoisted on team clothing.
The AMA is confirmed by the ruling. It is an important time for clean sport and athletes around the world, said President Witold Banka. However, he was disappointed that the CAS judges halved the four-year ban originally recommended by WADA. “We believe this was appropriate and reasonable, but ultimately, WADA is not the judge, it is the prosecutor, and we have to respect the panel’s decision,” Banka said.
Applications prohibited
The trigger for the ban was that Russia allegedly tampered with and falsified doping data requested from the Moscow laboratory from 2012 to 2015 before they were handed over to WADA. They contain evidence of sports fraud committed by numerous Russian athletes, which with the help of the state was systematically targeted, covered up and concealed. On December 19, 2019, the WADA Executive Committee formally declared that the Russian anti-doping agency Rusada was not in compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code for four years.
La Rusada could have been used again in September 2018 if it had provided the requested data. The World Agency suspended Rusada for the first time in November 2015 after the doping scandal was discovered. As part of the CAS ruling, Russia will not be able to compete in major sporting events such as world championships for the next two years. Major sporting events awarded to Russia during this period must go to a different host.
Little chance of success
At a hearing in early November, WADA and Russia presented their positions on the legal dispute. The CAS ruling can be appealed to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. The chances of success in the highest court in the country are slim, since it only intervenes in case of procedural errors and human rights violations and does not judge the legal interpretation of the CAS.
