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Russian sport had great success with its objection to the four-year exclusion from the Olympics. The international sports court CAS in Lausanne has reduced the ban to two years.
The weakening of the measure imposed by the world anti-doping agency WADA means that Russian sport will be excluded from the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. However, the suspension will no longer affect the Paris 2024 Summer Games.
The CAS announced its ruling, which should also apply to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, on Thursday. The boycott for 2021 and 2022 affects the Russian sports organization, so Russia will not be able to start with its own delegation. However, athletes who are not guilty of anything and who meet certain anti-doping conditions can participate as neutral athletes who do not belong to the mentioned country. You can also earn medals for yourself.
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.
