Doping policy and state: all against Russia, but being careful not to burn your fingers … – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on November 11, 2015 at 11:47.
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Point number one: if one just really uncovered by Wada is a doping case of the State, as it seems seeing the evidence presented and reading the accounts of witnesses, it is right to proceed with the maximum hardness.

Step two: right now all railed against Russia, but they begin to leak out the first caution for not run the risk of involvement in a scandal that has probably more faces of those on display so far.

Step Three: State or privatized, doping is a common practice everywhere you enjoy sports and unfortunately, going back down memory lane, none of the nations protagonists high level you can afford to take on the role of teacher and the judge impartial.

But first things first, starting from step one. The frenzy with which in Russia are moving at this time indicates two things: the need to present as quickly as possible a new face to the world of sport, but admitted implicitly that something dirty was done, and the desire not to lose Train Rio 2016 on which Putin has always been a supporter of the Olympic showcase to support the country’s image, has focused many of his papers.

In this key, in addition to the immediate closure of the laboratory accused, ranging read the immediate resignation of Grigory Rodchenkov, the former middle-distance runner who was ordered to get rid of more than 1,400 tubes three days before a (announced) inspection of Wada. But the meeting that Putin himself has scheduled for today with Yuri Borzakovsky, a few months at the head of the Russian Federation Athletics: a gentleman with the medals has a certain feeling, because in 2004 he struck all the competition in 800-meter dash, winning the gold at the Athens Olympics. A new face and clean that Putin intends to bring to bear the inevitable tug of war intended to open up to the IAAF, the international athletics federation led by Lord Sebastian Coe.

In short, it is impossible to get away with nothing in fact, but at least Moscow tries to demonstrate good will doing the housework, in this case of autumn and spring.

And here you go to step two: the IOC, through the words of President Bach, has said he expects appropriate initiatives to rebuild the credibility of the movement, adding in a statement that it is ready to take “all necessary measures regarding the withdrawal and reallocation of any Olympic medals, as well as the ‘ exclusion from future games. ” As if to say: dear Coe, proceed to suspend the Russian Federation. Describing her as guilty and avoiding a direct way, at least for the moment, the issue very risky (for the same IOC) doping state. Move in this direction would indeed involve the Russian Olympic Committee, whose number one, Alexander Zhukov, is coincidentally also the head of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Rio Olympics in 2016. From here the distinction made by the IOC, in a statement , about the tubes on the Games in Sochi: excluding that the laboratory has indicted in that case acted erratically. If necessary, the test pieces from that period are still available for new analyzes, but for now it is best not to try other dust under the rug.

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