Category: Doping
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FINA statement on resignation of three of its Doping Control Review Board members
FINA was surprised to receive the letter of resignation from three officials from its Doping Control Review Board (DCRB), including the Chairman Dr. Andrew Pipe. While FINA obviously regrets this decision, our International Federation expresses its deep appreciation and recognition for their supportive action in our successful anti-doping policies over the recent years. Concerning the…
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Three FINA Anti-Doping Experts Resign After Rio Controversy
Almost half of the independent anti-doping experts at swimming’s world governing body have resigned amid claims their advice on how to deal with the Russian doping crisis was ignored before the Rio Olympics. Professor Andrew Pipe, who chaired FINA’s doping control review board (DCRB), and two other members of the eight-strong panel wrote to the…
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Rio Olympics: IOC Head Defends Decision Not To Ban Entire Russian Team | TODAY
With the opening ceremony of the Olympics just three days away, the head of the IOC is defending the committee’s decision not to ban the entire Russian team in the wake of doping controversy. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports from Olympic Park.
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FINA denies having approved Morozov and Lobintsev for Rio 2016
Contrary to recent media reports, the eligibility of Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 has not been confirmed, and will not be confirmed until the IOC’s three-person commission to review Russian entrants renders its final decision on these athletes, along with the other members of the…
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FINA gives 2016 Rio green light for Russian swimmers Lobintsev, Morozov | TASS
UPDATE – FINA denies this story The International Swimming Federation has given the go-ahead to Russian swimmers Nikita Lobintsev and Vladimir Morozov to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, which kick off on Friday in Brazil, Artyom Patsev, a Russian sports attorney told TASS on Tuesday. “Yes, Morozov and Lobintsev were granted permission from…
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USADA says banned Russia swimmer Nikita Lobintsev failed drug test
An Olympic medal winning swimmer linked to Russia’s state-run doping scandal has tested positive for the banned meldonium, the US Anti-Doping Agency announced. Nikita Lobintsev was already one of seven Russian swimmers banned from competing in the Rio Olympics by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and USADA did not impose a new ban over the…
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WADA “exceeded their power” compiling McLaren Report, FINA President says
International Swimming Federation (FINA) President Julio Maglione believes the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission “exceeded their power” when compiling the explosive McLaren Report into Russian doping. The Uruguayan, now an honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member after exceeding the upper age limit last year, believes that the IOC themselves should have handled the matter.…
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Coach: Swimmers Morozov, Lobintsev have never had any doping violations
Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev have never taken performance enhancing drugs. Nonetheless, they have been mentioned in the WADA report (World Anti-Doping Agency) and are now at risk of missing the next month’s Olympics in Rio, head coach of the Russian national swimming team, Sergei Kolmogorov told TASS on Monday. Earlier in the…
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Rio 2016: Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova appeals FINA ban following IOC verdict
The legal battle to compete in next month’s Olympics has begun as Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova was the first to appeal her exclusion from the Rio Games by swimming body FINA, acting on criteria set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC declined to impose a blanket ban on Russian competitors over state-run…