The Minister of sports of Russia Vitaly Mutko has published a column in the British newspaper the Sunday Times, in which he apologized for taking doping Russian athletes and said that Russians should take part in the Olympic games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
“We are sorry that the athletes tried to deceive us and the world, were not caught earlier,” wrote Mutko. — “Incorrectly, that “clean” athletes have to suffer because of the behavior of others.”
The Minister said that “the athletes of any other country will not be under the same scrutiny” as the Russian. In particular, according to him, in Moscow there are two foreign experts who are engaged in the supervision of the Russian anti-doping agencies.
“We fully support these measures, because Russia has nothing to hide,” he said.
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The reasons why the all-Russian athletics Federation was suspended from international sorevnovanii, is well documented. They are significant. The leadership of the Federation serious mistakes were made, and how athletes and coaches who have violated anti-doping rules and princey fair play […]. Let’s face it — we are ashamed of them.
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The all-Russian athletics Federation was suspended from international competition after the publication in autumn 2015, the report of the world anti-doping Agency (WADA), outlining numerous violations of anti-doping rules in Russia. To eliminate the violations of Russian athletes are recommended not to admit to participation in international competitions, including the Olympics.
May 12 The New York Times published an article in which the words of the former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory of Gregory Rodchenkov (dismissed after the publication of the report WADA) claimed that at least 15 Russian medalists of the Olympic games in Sochi in 2014 took illegal drugs under the supervision of sports authority. According to Rodchenkova, the doping samples of the athletes were substituted a known “clean”.
The heads of the Russian sports, including Vitaly Mutko, as well as some mentioned in the article, the athletes denied the allegations against him. WADA after the publication of the requested data on the Russian doping program.
