MOSCOW, June 16 Decision of the Executive Committee of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) on the temporary suspension of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation, adopted in March, was annulled by the IBSF Appeal Tribunal, said the Secretary General of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation Sergey Parkhomenko. Olympic Committee. Athletes were deprived of the right to compete in competitions under the auspices of the IBSF. Later, the Russian side filed a lawsuit with the IBSF Appeal Tribunal.
"Today we received a document stating that the Appeal Tribunal of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation decided to annul the decision of the IBSF Executive Committee of March 2 to temporarily remove the Russian Bobsleigh Federation from the membership IBSF. For us, this is a very good sign", — said Parkhomenko.
«Specifically, the decision of the tribunal did not say about the athletes, since we filed a lawsuit specifically for the temporary suspension of our federation,» added the interlocutor of the agency. «It is clear that if the suspension, for example, would continue, then we, as a federation, of course, would not be able to declare athletes for international starts.In any case, even if some further (sanctions) steps are taken against us, we can already appeal back to the decision of colleagues from the international federation.The fact that their tribunal recognized the verdict of the IBSF executive committee as null and void.For us, this is positive news.In these conditions, we have the right to declare our athletes to participate in international competitions, since we are a full member IBSF».