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Related: About this forumD-Day for athletics as the IAAF has to decide whether to ban Russia
Source: The Guardian
D-Day for athletics as the IAAF has to decide whether to ban Russia
Owen Gibson
Thursday 12 November 2015 19.48 GMT
The International Association of Athletics Federations will meet on Friday to consider a provisional ban for Russia, which said on Thursday it was ready to own up to some of the charges in a damning World Anti-Doping Agency report.
The new IAAF president Sebastian Coe, who was vice president under his now arrested predecessor Lamine Diack for eight years, will discuss with his fellow council members whether Russia should be provisionally suspended while the case against it is considered. Under the IAAF constitution, a majority of the 26 members must vote to provisionally ban Russia while the full case is heard a process that could take around a month. Russia was due to provide its response to the devastating report into systemic state-sponsored doping in Dick Pounds 325-page report by 5pm on Thursday but said it would not provide details to the press.
Lord Coe, under scrutiny over his links to Diack and his refusal to give up his links with Nike, is under pressure to take decisive action and it is believed that several council members are in favour of suspension. However, the vote is unlikely to be unanimous.
We admit some things, we argue with some things, some are already fixed, its a variety, said Vadim Zelichenok, the acting president of the Russian track federation. Its not for the press.
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Owen Gibson
Thursday 12 November 2015 19.48 GMT
The International Association of Athletics Federations will meet on Friday to consider a provisional ban for Russia, which said on Thursday it was ready to own up to some of the charges in a damning World Anti-Doping Agency report.
The new IAAF president Sebastian Coe, who was vice president under his now arrested predecessor Lamine Diack for eight years, will discuss with his fellow council members whether Russia should be provisionally suspended while the case against it is considered. Under the IAAF constitution, a majority of the 26 members must vote to provisionally ban Russia while the full case is heard a process that could take around a month. Russia was due to provide its response to the devastating report into systemic state-sponsored doping in Dick Pounds 325-page report by 5pm on Thursday but said it would not provide details to the press.
Lord Coe, under scrutiny over his links to Diack and his refusal to give up his links with Nike, is under pressure to take decisive action and it is believed that several council members are in favour of suspension. However, the vote is unlikely to be unanimous.
We admit some things, we argue with some things, some are already fixed, its a variety, said Vadim Zelichenok, the acting president of the Russian track federation. Its not for the press.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/12/russia-iaaf-ban-doping-sebastian-coe-vladimir-putin-olympics
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D-Day for athletics as the IAAF has to decide whether to ban Russia (Original Post)
Eugene
Nov 2015
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mythology
(9,527 posts)1. Cheaters need to be banned
Lengthy bans are the best way to deter cheaters. American sports leagues need to up the bans for cheating and should announce what the failures are for.
Likewise teams like the Falcons or the Patriots who cheat by other means than drugs should also suffer heavy punishments. Not losing a draft pick and a pocket change fine, but by banning the people in charge for multiple years.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)2. Athletics will be fine, but global competition will be hurt.
I'm fine with banning individuals for cheating, but I don't see how banning an entire country will hurt anyone but future athletes.