Monday, November 9, 2015

LIVE. Corruption in athletics: the Olympic Games in London “sabotaged” by doping – Le Parisien

November 9, 2015, 2:32 p.m. | Update: November 9, 2015, 3:40 p.m.

Russia and Kenya in particular in the viewfinder of the authorities

<. p> One of the co-authors of the report has already stated that the document could even “disrupt the operation of this sport.” And Russian sports minister said he was ready to crack. “We will punish all those guilty if we report provides concrete facts,” said Vitaly Mutko at the Russian agency Interfax.

It all started with reports produced by the German ARD in December 2014 and August 2015. With the testimonies of former Russian doped become whistleblowers.

Soon, WADA has set up an independent investigation commission to dig deep allegations. At work since January, it is this committee that makes its findings public on Monday afternoon.

Many elements, however, are already known. For several weeks, the French justice has indeed seized of the case, with searches and hearings that culminated last week on three indictments. The most explosive was that of the Senegalese Lamine Diack, 82 years. Whoever was still president of the IAAF in August is suspected of accepting bribes and aggravated laundering.

The IOC Ethics Commission has asked Monday the “temporary suspension” of Lamine Diack International Olympic Committee, in which the octogenarian is an honorary member

The other two indictments affect nearby. his Senegalese Habib Cissé legal advisor and former doctor in charge of the fight against doping in IAAF, the French Gabriel Dollé. Both are indicted for accepting bribes

& gt;. & Gt; & gt; The live press conference

3:35 p.m.. The London Olympics sabotaged by doping. For WADA, the London Olympics in 20212 have been “sabotaged” by the presence of doped athletes.

15:30. Olympic champion in the 800 m suspended for life? The AMA also recommends suspending lifetime five Russian athletes whose Olympic champion Mariya Savinova of 800 m. It acknowledged having used performance-enhancing drugs, in this case of growth hormones.

3:20 p.m.. A constrained schedule. “The investigations were conducted in a constrained schedule,” said Dick Pound, the former WADA President at the head of the independent commission of inquiry. It began last December.


3:10 p.m.. Russia suspended? The WADA requests the suspension of Russia from all competitions. & gt; Come discuss and ask questions on our forums!
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