Russia Banned from International Sports for Four Years

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The United States is banned for life from Battleship competitions.

 

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political.

Putin agrees with you.

Dec 10, Putin: Regarding doping, the WADA decision and Russia’s potential appeal against it.

Here is the obvious part, which I can see immediately. For example, there are no complaints to the National Olympic Committee. If there are no complaints, the country must be able to take part in competitions under the national flag, according to the Olympic Charter. This means that this part of the WADA decision contradicts the Olympic Charter. Therefore, we have good reason to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The main thing is that punishment must be individual and based on the acts committed by an individual, as it has been since the Roman Empire. Punishment must not be collective, that is, applied to the persons who have no connection with a given crime. Everyone is aware of this. I believe that the WADA experts are aware of this as well. But if they take decisions on collective punishment, I think this is a reason to believe that these decisions do not seek to keep sports clean but are based on political considerations, which has nothing to do with the interests of sport and the Olympic Movement.
Joint news conference following a Normandy format summit

Also a foreign ministry spokesperson of China says China opposes politicizing sports events and advocates protecting the legitimate rights of innocent athletes from all countries.

Hailing Russia as an important member of the international Olympic community, Hua said there are numerous outstanding athletes who are passionate about the Olympic cause in Russia and they have made many important contributions.
China opposes politicizing sports events, calls for protecting rights of innocent athletes - Xinhua | English.news.cn