RUSSIA IS BANNED
In the Swiss city of Lausanne, the
entity responsible for doping control in world's athletes, ruled that the Russian
delegation will not be able to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, its
winter version in Beijing 2022 and in the World Cup that will be played in
Qatar at the end of 2022.
What
precipitated this decision on the part of the audit body, were primarily the
alteration of the data of the different anti-doping controls that were carried out
in the Moscow laboratory and in the Rusada, entity responsible for the
'anti-doping' in the Eurasian nation, as well, such as complains of alleged State interference to ensure that their athletes will stand out in the
different international competitions.
After this
resolution, Russian athletes will not be able to present themselves with their
banner in the next four years in all kinds of sports competition, just as they
will be prohibited from holding any world-class sporting event in their
territory and their representatives will not be able to have a seat in any of
the associated sports federations.
By Carlos Guerra and
Brandon Afanador, Step 10
