Beijing, Feb 15, Andrey Simonenko.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no right to punish «clean» athletes, even if they are from Russia, said Denis Oswald, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Richard McLaren on doping by Russian athletes. It was alleged that more than a thousand athletes were involved in the manipulation of doping samples at various tournaments in 30 sports, including the Sochi Olympics, and that Russia allegedly had a state doping support system that covered athletes. Later, the IOC created two commissions to recheck the data from the McLaren report. One of them, led by Samuel Schmid, confirmed the existence of “systematic violations of anti-doping rules and the anti-doping system in Russia” during the Sochi Olympics, but did not find evidence of support by the highest state authorities of the Russian Federation for the “doping system”. However, Russian athletes took part in the 2018 Games in a neutral status. «In 2017, we did the best we could. We accept sanctions, but they must be proportionate to the violations. We applied the maximum possible decision in Russia. This decision was partially overturned by the court, the severity of the punishment was reduced.The sanctions were extended to only one Olympic Games.This is a completely legal decision and we had to come to terms with it.The IOC Executive Board excluded the ROC from participation in the 2018 Games.The only exception was made for athletes who could prove that they did not participate in the doping system. We cannot penalize clean athletes, even if they are from Russia, and we are trying to do this (not punish),” Oswald told reporters. The International Doping Testing Agency (ITA) previously reported that the doping test Beijing Olympic champion in team competition Kamila Valieva on December 25, 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine. The test result was handed over by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm on February 8. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency imposed a temporary suspension on Valiyeva, after the athlete's appeal on February 9, it was removed. The International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On Monday, the court rejected the appeals and allowed Valieva to compete in the Olympics.
