Today comes the second part of the WADA report, which deals with doping and corruption in Russian athletics. The first led to Russia are now banned from all athletics indefinitely.
Dick Pound has announced several shocking revelations, and according to AP comes several new facts presented in the case.
NEW REPORT: Today adds former WADA president Dick Pound, until a new doping report. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi / AP
– The corruption was carried out in the organization. It can not be ignored or excused as if there were a few individuals who acted on their own, writes Pound in the 89-page report the news agency has been granted access.
The report concludes that it is inconceivable that the leaders of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which also includes President Sebastian Coe, have been unaware of the widespread doping, and compliance violations in the Russian athletics.
Reviews meeting with Putin
Earlier this week got AP access to documents, which confirmed that the IAAF has known about systematic doping in Russia since at least 2009. It was so extensive that they feared for the athletes’ lives. In addition to the IAAF considered hiding abnormal results,
In the new report it will be also described how former president Lamine Diack told IAAF lawyer, Huw Roberts, go directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The goal was to make an appointment so that nine Russian, doping suspects practitioners, did not participate at the World Championships in Moscow in 2013.
The meetings between Diack and Roberts described in detail by Pound, and Diack shall Having explained to the lawyer that it would be difficult to solve nine different doping cases involving Russian athletes.
“He was in a difficult situation, which could only be resolved by President Putin, which he himself had a friendship with” , says the report, which also states that Roberts had no control over doping cases.
Special TV deal
None of the nine athletes will have participated in the World Championships, but the cases were not followed up by the IAAF in hindsight.
Soon after going to the Russian broadcasting rights to the championship, have increased from six million to $ 25 million. Money that was paid by a Russian bank.
Prior had Diack personal lawyer, Habib Cisse, taken over doping investigations from Roberts. Cisse, now korrupssjonssiktet, together with Diack son Papa Massat Diack, now banned, have met the Russian athletics federation Valentin Balakhnitsjev. The topic was the “problem” TV rights.
After that Papa Massat Diack have arranged the deal, with a value of over 200 millions Norwegian kroner, with the Russian bank.
Pound now asking IAAF examine this agreement further, to detect any inappropriate actions, writes AP.
Dick Pound submits WADA report Thursday at 15:00. Follow the press conference on nrk.no.
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