IAAF rejects all applications from Russian track and field athletes for Olympics
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rejected applications from all Russian athletes for participation in international competitions, including the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, except for long jump athlete Darya Klishina, head of the legal department at the Russian Olympic Committee Alexandra Brilliantova told TASS on Sunday (July 10). “The refusals were received by everyone, except for...
OCR: only two Russian athletes have chances to participate in Olympics under IAAF criteria
Under the current regulations of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) only two Russian athletes have chances to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil, head of the (Olympic Committee of Russia) OCR’s legal department Alexandra Brilliantova told TASS on Sunday (July 3). “According to the current criteria of IAAF of June 17, only two Russian athletes have chances to participate in the...
IAAF allows doping whistleblower Stepanova to compete as independent neutral athlete
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has granted permission to Russian runner and doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova to compete internationally under a neutral flag, the press service of the world athletics governing body said on Friday (July 1). “The IAAF Doping Review Board has today decided its first case of an athlete seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in International Competition as a...
Ten Russian athletes filed 2016 Rio Games applications with IAAF
About 10 Russian field and track athletes sent their individual applications on Tuesday to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) requesting the right to take part in the 2016 Olympics, Mikhail Butov, the secretary general of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF), told TASS. Following its session in Vienna on June 17, the IAAF decided to keep in force the suspension of the ARAF’s membership in the global...
Russian athletics authorities to back individual lawsuits against IAAF
The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) will be granting all the necessary support to national athletes, who planned to file individual lawsuits against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Dmitry Shlykhtin, the president of ARAF, said on Monday (June 20). “We will certainly provide support to athletes, who will be filing lawsuits individually,” Shlyakhtin said. “The ARAF will help them...
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