Yulia Efimova Gone From Rio 2016; Vladimir Morozov & Nikita Lobintsev Under Inquiry

Russia will have no Yuliya Efimova*, no Natalia Lovtcova**, no Anastasia Krapivina* (Marathon Swimming), no Mikhail Dovgalyuk*, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, while Nikita Lobintsev, Vladimir Morozov and  Daria K. Ustinova are among swimmers names in the WADA investigation report and facing exclusion from the Games, too.

The information is contained in a FINA statement today in which the international swimming federation backs the IOC decision not to impose blanket ban on Russia, while showing determination to keep out of the racing in Rio any who have been tarred by the brush of doping or linked to any wrongdoing if that be proven.

The list of those either barred from Rio or facing a bar make up the bulk of all Russian medal hopes. Three are based overseas, Efimova and Morozov having trained at the University of South California and the Trojan program of coach Dave Salo these past several years. Salo has declared himself opposed to all supplementation but believes that war to have been lost.

Home-based world junior champion Daria Ustinova, meanwhile, tested positive for a banned substance when she was 14. She received a warning. Now 18, she is named in the IP report.

FINA has set up an “ad hoc commission” to look into the evidence that may or may not rule Morozov and Co in. In the meantime, all samples from every Russian swimmer at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan last year is to be restested.

More on that shortly. For now…

The FINA statement in full:

FINA acknowledges and supports the IOC’s position in respect of the participation of clean Russian athletes …

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