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TEHRAN, February 25 -The International Olympic Committee has voted not to lift the suspension of Russia before the closing ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympics, prohibiting Russian athletes from appearing under their national tricolor.
TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The International Olympic Committee has voted not to lift the suspension of Russia before the closing ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympics, prohibiting Russian athletes from appearing under their national tricolor.
The IOC commission stated that Russian anti-doping rules violations (ADRV) committed during the 2018 Winter Olympics do not show any pattern and were committed on individual bases. Previously, bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva and curler Alexander Krushelnitsky tested positive for doping at PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. “Based on the results available, the Implementation Group noted that these ADRVs were individual and isolated cases that did not show a pattern of systematic and organized doping activity,” Hoevertsz told the IOC session.
Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky and his wife Anastasia Bryzgalova were stripped of their bronze medals in mixed doubles on Thursday after Krushelnitsky’s samples tested positive for meldonium, banned in 2016 by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as a performance-enhancing drug.
Repeatedly tested negative for any forbidden WADA substances, with the latest check passed January 22, the 25-year-old continues to maintain his innocence, stating that only a “complete absence of common sense” would prompt an athlete to start doping in the lead-up to the Olympic Games. With the inventor of meldonium saying a single dose of the drug gives hardly any benefit, and even less so to a curler, an investigation has been launched into whether Krushelnitsky’s food or drink could have been spiked.
On Saturday the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) also disqualified Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva for violating doping rules after trimetazidine was found in her sample. Sergeeva’s 12th place result in the two-woman bobsled competition with her teammate, Anastasia Kocherzhova, was annulled.
Source: RT
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