Badgett: athletes from Russia who came to the Olympics, "clean", but the vigilance can not be lost



Russian athletes who come to the Olympics in Pyeongchang are "clean" but can not lose their vigilance, this is a high-risk group, Richard Badgett, director of the medical department of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said at a press conference.

The Executive Committee of the IOC decided on December 5 to admit Russian athletes before the Games-2018 in a neutral status under the Olympic flag. The decision was made on the basis of the findings of special commissions that confirmed "systemic manipulation of doping during the Olympics in Sochi." The Russian authorities have repeatedly stated that there is no state support for the use of doping in sport.

"The UAR (Olympic athletes from Russia) paid great attention to the Games, and now." One of the difficulties was that the work of the IOC commissions was to select those athletes for whom there were no suspicions. "Olympic athletes from Russia , arrived here (in Pyeongchang), "clean," but vigilance can not be lost, as history shows, this is a high-risk group, "Badgett said.

According to the results of the work of the IOC commission under the leadership of Denis Oswald, who was re-checking doping samples of Russians from the Sochi Olympics, 43 Russian athletes were suspended for life from the Olympic Games, and their results from home games were canceled. The decisions were based, including on the testimony of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informer Grigory Rodchenkov. Subsequently, the Sports Arbitration Court (CAS) fully acquitted 28 Russian athletes, 11 more appeals were partially satisfied.

"It is very important that the chain of responsibility of the employees was not interrupted, so that there were checks all the way from the delivery of the sample to the laboratory.Testing is not yet an answer to all questions.Our analysis should also be analyzed, as was the case with Oswald's commission, evidence It is important to provide an element of deterrence so that testing is unexpected, so that athletes do not know when the doping officers come to them, "Badgett added.

"At these Games, we set up work between the WADA, the IOC, experts in laboratories, federations." Yes, we had a problem with containers, bottles (for doping), they could be unseen. Over 3,000 sets were replaced. these bottles were produced after the Games in Sochi, and tested in Rio, it is difficult to make manipulations with them.We can say with confidence that everything will be fine, plus there is a videotape in all laboratories, "the IOC representative concluded.

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