The main reason for this was the doping scandal.
German sports officials urged to exclude the Russian Federation from participation in the summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro because of the scandal around the use of doping Russian athletes.
The corresponding statement was made by the President of the German athletics Federation Clemens Prokop.
“These are very serious charges. Once in Russia, the doping is applied so systematically, the Russian team should not have to go to summer games in Rio,” he said.
His indignation about the fact that Russian officials systematically manipulated anti-doping tests, also expressed by the Chairman of the Board of the German Olympic sports Confederation Michael Vesper.
“New accusations against Russia about the state of doping practices is appalling and is a heavy blow to the entire Olympic movement. World anti-doping Agency WADA should quickly and carefully to investigate them”, said Vesper, adding that Russia will face consequences if the allegations are true.
We will remind, recently The New York Times published data on the mass doping by Russian athletes at the Olympics in Sochi as part of a secret government program. This material is based on the testimony of the former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory of Gregory Rodchenkov. The Russian leadership denies the accusations.
