Do ours participate in the Olympics. Games - Olympic and political

Lifelong suspension of Russians from participation in Olympic Games oh and returned the Sochi medals. 28 athletes are fully justified, 11 - partially. Solution sports arbitration on the Olympians of Russia cannot but rejoice, said President Vladimir Putin.

“In any system of law, the final decision-making authority is the court, and everyone should respect the decision of the court,” the head of state said. “Firstly, we are happy for those athletes whom CAS supported, but not all of them were 100% justified. This is the first. Second. We ourselves still have work to do, that's for sure, in terms of improving our anti-doping program and policy. We will persevere in doing this together with WADA, together with the IOC and others. international organizations" he continued. However, Russian President noted that it is not necessary to demonstrate euphoria in connection with the decision of the court.

Is it worth it for athletes suspended from the Games and justified to count on a trip to Pyeongchang, the MIR 24 TV channel was told sports commentator Alexander Grishin.

- Still, this whole situation is politics or a real struggle for clean sport without doping?

After the admission criteria for Russian athletes were announced in Lausanne on December 5, mostly purely political decisions went further. The struggle for clean sport can and did take place a long time ago, when they tried to pull out private and targeted cases of possible doping in our country. Now these are purely political games.

- Will the athletes who were acquitted be able to go to the Olympics in Pyeongchang?

Dozens of our strongest athletes and millions of fans are waiting for news from Pyeongchang. In the next 24 hours arbitration court must decide on the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympics. Their claims were considered by CAS today at the visiting session. The athletes themselves are determined, believe in the best and continue to train.

On the way to CAS, our strongest luger Tatyana Ivanova and her coach Albert Demchenko are passing the main arena of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. So far, not before the opening ceremony - the court is on the agenda.

“Of course, sometimes I wanted to give up, then you just realize that it’s not in vain that you have been in sports for so many years, and you can’t just leave everything and give up. I think today or tomorrow the best should come,” Tatyana Ivanova believes.

In the lobby of the hotel, where the visiting board works on the fields of the Olympic Games sports court, just from the train from Seoul, another of our contenders for a medal of the highest standard - skeletonist Elena Nikitina.

“We have already said everything at the hearings in Switzerland, so now we will just listen, if we are asked questions, we will answer,” says Elena Nikitina.

Both athletes arrived at their own expense and settled in hotels outside Olympic villages, waiting and exercising in tiny gyms.

Nikitina, Ivanova and Demchenko are among 15 Russian athletes whose claims were considered by CAS today. In addition to them, skiers, including Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin, skaters including Olga Fatkulina, and also three more skeletonists: Alexander Tretyakov, Maria Orlova and coach Sergei Chudinov, dispute their non-invitation to the Olympic Games. The executive director of the Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation came to court today to support the athletes, but he was not allowed into the hall.

“They are athletes, not politicians, and lately they often have to do things that they have never done in their lives, so we hope that this will end soon for us. We see that everyone supports us, everyone understands that this is more of such a political story. To be honest, we came here with the idea that we would have to catch sidelong glances more, but in fact, on the contrary, everyone supports it, it's nice, ”says Sergey Parkhomenko, Secretary General of the Bobsleigh Federation of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, 10 minutes away in the mountain cluster, our athletes, who immediately received invitations to the Olympics, are already almost finishing training and, of course, following the news from CAS.

“The experiences are negative, on the contrary, one must believe that everything will be fine and they will be allowed,” says Semyon Pavlichenko.

“We all look forward to the decision, we expect it any minute. In case of a successful outcome, we will have a limited number of races, but we will be in a fighting mood, we will fight, we will show everything we are capable of,” said Sergei Chudinov, coach of the skeleton team.

The sleds have been assigned numbers. Roman Repilov - 33rd, Stepan Fedorov - 31st.

The luger Tatyana Ivanova has already missed four of the six training sessions on the track that our team is supposed to have. In the event of a decision in her favor, there is very little time left for preparation.

“The hearings are over. We have presented all the arguments. Athletes also expressed their positions. We are waiting for a decision within the next 24 hours and hope that the expert group will hear us and respect the rights of the athletes,” said the lawyer for Russian athletes, Philip Burch.

“We have been fully listened to by the CAS panel. All our arguments were heard," he said. Main coach Russian national luge team Albert Demchenko.

They were not just invited to the hearing - CAS listened to the Russians.

“Everyone was friendly. They just listened to us and that's all, ”said bronze medalist Olympic Games 2014 Skeleton Elena Nikitina.

A few hours ago, the authoritative sports publication Inside The Games, citing its own sources, reported that the court would satisfy the claims of our athletes, but perhaps only partially. We are talking about 47 names, including short track skater Viator An, biathlete Anton Shipulin, skier Sergei Ustyugov, and also figure skaters Ivan Bukin and Ksenia Stolbova.

During the Olympiads, CAS visiting panels are required to issue a verdict within 24 hours after the end of the hearing. It is already known when the decision will be announced - tomorrow from 9 am to noon local time, that is, no later than 6 am Moscow time.

Olympic Committee Russia (ROC) voted for the participation of Russian athletes in the 2018 Games in Korean Pyeongchang under neutral flag. The Committee stated that it respects any decision of athletes to participate or not to participate in the Olympics, and decided to create a negotiating group with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to agree on the participation of Russians. Earlier, the ROC prepared an appeal to the IOC with a request to reconsider the decision to ban the Russian national team from performing under its own flag and to disqualify some Russian athletes for life.

“The opinion was unanimous. Our athletes need to go to Korea. We need to perform, we need to achieve victories for the glory of Russia,” said ROC President Alexander Zhukov at a press conference after the meeting of the Olympic Assembly. He emphasized that athletes have to agree, "despite the unfair decision of the IOC."

The Olympic Assembly also "calls for respect for the choice of athletes, including those who decide not to go." In addition, the ROC promised to provide "full support to athletes who have won the right to participate in the Games, but have not received an invitation from the IOC."

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on the air of Kommersant FM:

President Putin said, if you remember, that, in his opinion, no one should put obstacles in the way of those athletes who wish to travel under a neutral flag. And, based on this position, he expected the Olympic meeting, where the appropriate decision should be made. Now the Olympic meeting has taken place - the decision has been made. Thus, one can only speak of his support.”

Alexander Zhukov said that Russia has 208 licenses to participate in the Winter Games, but the IOC will issue permits, so the final number of participants may still change. According to Mr. Zhukov, the ROC fears that the IOC will invite to the Olympics in South Korea“fifth or fourth numbers”, and will not send invitations to the leaders of the national team. Therefore, the ROC executive committee has formed a group of delegates who will go to Lausanne on December 15 for negotiations with IOC members, where they will try to convince the committee to still invite leaders.

Alexander Zhukov also spoke about the informant of the World anti-doping agency(WADA) and the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, now living in the United States. “I believe that Mr. Rodchenkov and his colleagues have inflicted huge damage sports in general Russian sports and international Olympic Movement”, said Mr. Zhukov at a press conference after the ROC meeting.

Earlier, the ROC prepared an appeal to IOC President Thomas Bach and the executive committee of the organization with a request to reconsider the decision to ban the Russian national team from performing under their own flag and to disqualify some Russian athletes for life.

After the decision of the Olympic meeting was announced, Channel One announced that it would broadcast competitions with the participation of Russian athletes at the Olympics. Originally Broadcast sports it was also planned for "Russia 1". However, in November, the press service of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company announced that state television channels would not show winter Games in case of non-participation of the national team in them.

The neutral form of Russian athletes will be provided by Zasport, which will develop clothing that will meet the requirements of the IOC in the context of the team's exclusion from participation in the 2018 Olympics.

Recall that on December 5, the IOC Executive Committee will allow Russian athletes to compete at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, but only under a neutral flag and only for those of them who were not suspected of doping. After that, some parliamentarians and politicians in Russia called for a boycott of the Games. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin later said that the authorities would not prevent the participation of athletes in the 2018 Olympics. “We, without any doubt, will not announce any blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from taking part in the Games if any of them want to take part in their personal capacity,” Mr. Putin said during a conversation with workers at the Gorky Automobile Plant.

Roman Dorofeev, Mikhail Belyaev

It was adopted on Tuesday at a meeting of the executive committee of the organization.

The IOC is ready to let Russian athletes representing both individual and team sports to the Games, but only under the Olympic flag. Now the word is up to the Russian side - whether Russia will accept the conditions of the IOC will be decided at the Olympic meeting on December 12th.

What do you think?

"Separate Russian athletes will be able to participate in the Games in Pyeongchang under the name "Olympic Athletes of Russia" and will compete in this form and under the Olympic flag, the Olympic anthem will be played at the award ceremonies. None of the members of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation will be invited to the Games," the head of the IOC began his speech with these words, perhaps at the most significant press conference in the history of the organization.

The IOC made a decision based on the work of two commissions, one of which - headed by - was engaged in rechecking the doping samples of Russian athletes from the Sochi Olympics. As a result of her work, Russia lost 11 awards and lost first place in the team event. The second commission, headed by ex-president of Switzerland Samuel Schmid, checked information about possible state interference in the Russian anti-doping system. Both commissions began work after a led investigation into the substitution of doping samples of Russian athletes.

The results of the work of the Schmid Commission were first announced on Tuesday in Lausanne. The commission confirmed "systemic manipulation of doping during the Sochi Olympics", but "did not find any documented, independent and unbiased evidence of support or awareness of the "doping system" by the highest state authorities of the Russian Federation."

According to Samuel Schmid, such conclusions are based on various sources. "I want to emphasize that the conclusions of our commission are based not only on the testimony of Grigory Rodchenkov, but also on other sources, evidence of correspondence, exchange of letters. There are also other types of evidence. Based on these facts, our commission made a decision. Our commission made a decision, that there was systematic manipulation of anti-doping rules at the Sochi Games," Schmid said.

"We have never experienced manipulation on this scale, and this has led to unprecedented damage to the Olympic movement," the head of the IOC commission added.

Who is punished?

The Russian Olympic Committee was disqualified, and the IOC membership of the president, who also ceased to be the head of the coordinating commission for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, was also suspended. The head of the organizing committee of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi was removed from the same commission.

The ROC should also contribute $15 million to the IOC for the development of a global anti-doping system. "The ROC is to reimburse the costs incurred by the IOC for the investigation and contribute to the development of the Independent Doping Testing Organization (ITA) in the amount of $15 million to establish a coherent anti-doping system," the IOC said in a release.

ROC may be restored before PyeongChang closes

The fundamental point is the possible restoration of the membership of the ROC in the IOC even before the closing of the Olympics in Pyeongchang. Thus, the Russians, having started their performance as "Olympic Athletes of Russia", can go to the closing ceremony under their own flag on the last day of the Games and hear the Russian anthem.

"The IOC may partially or completely lift the suspension from the ROC by the start of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, provided that all requirements put forward to the ROC, the participants of the 2018 Games and officials are met," the IOC said in a release.

"We expect that already at the closing ceremony in Pyeongchang our team will pass under the Russian flag, and with that we will close this topic altogether, we will turn this page forever," the head said.

Who will be allowed?

According to the decision of the IOC, only those athletes who have not previously been accused of doping will be able to take part in the Olympics. At the same time, the decision on who will go to the Olympics will be made by a special commission, which will be headed by the head of the ITA, Valerie Furneuron. One member of the commission will be appointed by WADA, one by the DFSU (Doping Free Sport Unit) and one by the IOC (Richard Badgett, head of the medical department of the IOC).

Athletes who have qualified for the competition, have not been disqualified or suspended for anti-doping rule violations, and have passed the doping testing recommended by the working group will be eligible to compete in the Games.

Also in Pyeongchang will be the redistribution of medals from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, it will be carried out during the relevant ceremonies during the Games. "As a former athlete, I express my deepest regrets and sympathy for all" clean "athletes who suffered during the manipulation. The redistribution of medals will be carried out during the relevant ceremonies at the Games in Pyeongchang," Bach said.

First Russian assessment

"The IOC has taken an important and controversial decision, which has positive sides and negative ones,” Zhukov said. - The IOC allowed all "clean" athletes from Russia in all sports. The second positive point is that it will be called Olympic athletes Russia. Negative sides - our athletes are invited to perform under the Olympic flag and without an anthem. True, this restriction applies until the last day of the Olympics. It is assumed that all restrictions will be lifted before the last day of the Olympics, and then Russian athletes will be able to attend the ceremony under their own flag."

"The key point is that all sanctions against Russia, all investigations from now on cease. This decision has no precedent in Olympic history. It is tough. But I think that the performance of our figure skater in front of the members of the IOC Executive Committee played a role. Everyone Russian teams allowed to participate," the head of the ROC added.

The IOC announced the decision, now the word is up to the Russian side. "The sports community will have to discuss the decision at the Olympic meeting on December 12, discuss with the participation of all athletes, coaches and make their decision on the conditions for participation in the Olympics," Zhukov said.

"The Olympic boycott has never led to any results. I see no reason for a boycott from Russian athletes, since we allow "clean" athletes to participate, and this will show the presence of "clean" athletes in the Russian Federation. These clean athletes can build bridges to the future of clean sport,” Bach said.

Many sports fans in recent months have been interested in the question: Will Russia participate in the 2018 Olympics?»

On December 5, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided remove the Russian team from the 2018 Winter Olympics years in Pyeongchang.

This means that athletes from the Russian team will not be able to participate in the Olympics under the Russian flag. They can go to the Olympics in a special status - "Olympic Athlete from Russia", i.e. OAR (Olympic Athlete from Russia). And, of course, only those athletes who have a clean doping history will be admitted.

Russia is the first country in over a century of Olympic history to be suspended for doping.. And there is clearly nothing to be proud of. By the way, the decision was made a long time ago, and on December 5, 2017, only official confirmation took place.

The main reason was manipulation with doping samples at the Olympic Games in Russia, which were held in Sochi in 2014.

The Russian Olympic Committee was disqualified, and Vitaly Mutko was banned from attending any Olympics ... indefinitely. The ROC was also fined $15 million.

Alas, such a decision by the IOC is a shame for our country. Let's bring it up results of the IOC Executive Board of December 5, 2017:

1. ROC suspended from the Olympics.
2. Russian athletes can participate in the Olympic Games, but not all. Those who will participate will do it in the status of OAR - without a flag, without an anthem, without a Motherland.
3. Officials from the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation will not be accredited for the Olympics in Pyeongchang.
4. Vitaly Mutko and Nagornykh received a "lifetime ban" from participating in the Olympic Games ... all that will ever take place.
5. Dmitry Chernyshenko, who was supposed to become a member of the Coordinating Commission for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, will not become one.
6. Alexander Zhukov, head of the Russian Olympic Committee, was expelled from the IOC.
7. Any facts on the same topic (doping) that come up later may also result in sanctions.
8. The Russian Olympic Committee is required to contribute to the creation of an "Independent Testing Body" and pay for the investigation by the IOC. All in all - 15 million US dollars.
9. Any lifting of sanctions is possible only after the end of the 2018 Olympics.

Finished, ladies and gentlemen. Russia remains without the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Now there is a very acute question of what athletes will do - will they go in OAR status or will they ignore the 2018 Olympics.

Now there is a flash mob No Russia, no Games» on social networks with the hashtag #NoRussiaNoGames. Many do not really want to see our athletes, and consider it a shame their desire to compete without a flag. In any case, we suggest not to strictly judge those who will go, because for most athletes the peak of form lasts only a few years, so they simply may not have another chance.