The ban of Russian sports has been lifted officially! With our turned flag and gymnastics
WADA is disappointed but powerless against the court’s decisions.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) left Russian athletes without symptoms for two years. Unprecedented in its severity, the solution to the problem comes with restrictions for our sport, but even the most unpleasant things tend to end someday.
WADA really did not want the suspension to end, but still I use to accept defeat.
The organization cannot ban the flag and anthem of Russia!
Adapting to limits
On December 17, 2022, the action against Russia ended, due to the fact that athletics does not allow for the possibility of deciding on the World Championships and the Olympic Games with national holidays. It is for this reason that the fans watched in Tokyo and Beijing.
Another batch of problems at the level of international sports after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recognized the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code in December 2019. However, through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), it was possible to achieve a speedy suspension of up to two years. The sanctions took effect immediately after the final verdict was issued, in December 2020.
The restrictions were not delayed to the point that the Russians were completely isolated from international sports. The bans did not apply, for example, to the European Championship, World Cup Championship, youth and youth championships. WADA never thought to resent the fact that they were held, if the speech did not concern the World Cup.
In fact, even with the world championships during the period of suspension, it was possible to find compromise solutions, the CAS favored the admission to holding tournaments if repeated federations were appointed with the search for a replacement. In 2021, he won the World Beach Soccer Championship in Moscow, where the RFU team won.
Simulation instructions for new realities are implemented. But still, it was a shame to watch how our skiers, gymnasts, swimmers, figure skaters and other athletes shone at the Olympic Games, but there was no need to achieve victories to the sounds of Russian gymnastics.
“Must comply with CAS decision”
The end of all this disgrace with the absence of national symbols is expected on December 17, 2022 – if you follow the letter of the law. Nevertheless, WADA will calmly put up with the return of Russian volumes to the international arena.
Non-spread anti-doping organizations appeared due to the appearance in our country. it is assumed that a new portion of punishments is about to appear. However, so far all these fears have not materialized – in WADA, indeed, nothing can be done about the current situation.
— The CAS decision is clear and self-explanatory. The CAS expires automatically on December 17th. There is nothing in the rules that WADA extends these consequences beyond this date. We remain disappointed that CAS is not proposing a set of countries of our choice that included a four-year suspension. Everyone knew this day would come. For us, this is happening too early, but CAS has made its decision, and, like all other interested parties, we must comply with it,” Match TV said in WADA.
Thus, we can state that the World Anti-Doping Agency is not able to somehow prevent Russia from returning to the world stage, although even the tone of the official statement gives the impression that the organization is very accepted because of this fact.
The RUSADA recovery process will begin soon, the calculation that it will be easy and hassle-free may not be worth it. WADA may try to find reasons to delay the recognition of the national anti-doping organization of the RIAC. So far, the key date here is January 7, 2023. By this date, all shortcomings that currently exist must be eliminated.
New hard limits
The restoration of RUSADA may be delayed, but this should have nothing to do with the priorities for our athletes. It has come to an end and somehow it can no longer be extended or renewed. The last word was left to CAS, which limited everything to two years. And if WADA still wants to create new problems for Russia, then the RIAC anti-doping fighters will have to come up with another reason.
Unfortunately, a pleasant moment for our entire sport does not bring the fact that tomorrow we will see Russian athletes at international competitions. And if one of them performs abroad, he will not hear the national anthem and will not see who the flag is. Problems arise in the International Olympic Committee and sports federations, which introduced new, even tighter borders in the spring of 2022. Russians are banned from almost any international events with national symbols, and the country itself cannot be accepted under the auspices of the IOC and federations.
It is not clear when this prohibition, on which observance and discrimination based on detection of a trait depends, will end. The formal reason for the ban was the decision of the court, but only the recommendation of the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, which, oddly enough, was accepted unquestioningly, because in fact all the checks of sports federations were carried out.
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The theoretical presidents can cancel all these bans tomorrow anyway, if the session of the Olympic Committee comes out in compliance with the requirements. If such a statement is not followed, the federations en masse make decisions to restore Russian rights in sports.
This seems to be the way of the International Boxing Association (IBA), allowing Russia to compete in all its tournaments with a flag and anthem, for an exceptional world championship. Now, when the WADA verdict no longer occurs, our boxers will also participate in the European Championship, and if they win, they will hear the anthem to the music of Alexandrov and see the tricolor pleasing the heart under the arches of the arena.
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