1st McLaren Cut: IOC Bars Russia From Hosting; Bans Politicians From Rio 2016

Russia has been put out of bounds as far as hosting major international events in Olympic sports is concerned, while Russian politicians associated with the systematic doping scandal will not be granted accreditation to the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 or other major sporting events, the International Olympic Committee has decided today.

A disciplinary commission – made up of officials of the IOC are associated organisations and therefore lacking full independence – has been established to consider the involvement of officials within the Russian Ministry of Sports and other persons mentioned in the report “because of violations of the Olympic Charter and the World Anti-Doping Code”. The independence question is answered in part by the following rider: “The Commission can refer to any external expertise and support to fulfil its mandate”. It remains to be seen who will be called.

Given that the IOC has no jurisdiction over “the Russian Ministry of Sports and its subordinated organisations such as the Center of Sports Preparations of National Teams of Russia (CSP) and the Russian Federal Research Center of Physical Culture and Sport (VNIIFK)”, any findings from investigations undertaken and to come  will be forwarded “to UNESCO and WADA to take further measures and sanctions in application of the UNESCO ‘Convention against Doping in Sport’ and the World Anti-Doping Code”, the IOC clarified in a statement today.

That statement also noted that Russian athletes have been placed on notice that the option of a blanket ban on all sports in Russia for Rio 2016 is being considered. The IOC is taking legal advice on the matter and will await the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday as far as Russia’s track and field status goes.

The IOC’s statement, issued a moment ago, includes the following:

“With regard to the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC will carefully evaluate the IP Report. It will explore the legal options with regard to a collective ban of all Russian athletes for the Olympic Games 2016 versus the right to individual justice. In this respect, the IOC will have to take the CAS decision on 21 July 2016 concerning the IAAF rules into consideration, as well as the World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Charter.”

The IOC has asked all International Federations, including FINA, to launch a full inquiry and press sanctions on any who are proven to have acted against the WADA Code and the Olympic Charter. This could include evidence that the Russian Swimming Federation hid two EPO positives in swimming in 2009,m as reported by SwimVortex and The Times.

“Such inquiries should be coordinated with the work of the IP, Mr Richard McLaren,” states the IOC, with a view to a year-end reporting deadline.

Those inquiries will now also have to take account of any names that crop up in the McLaren report and related documentation of Russian athletes implicated in the “Disappearing Positive Methodology”. Swimming has almost 20 cases on that particular file, the identity of the swimmers who may have been involved unknown at this stage.

The IOC statement In full: Statement of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee on the WADA Independent Person Report:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) received yesterday the World Anti-Doping Agency’s “Independent Person Report”.

“The findings of the report show a shocking and …

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