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IAAF appeals decision on Russian athletes to CAS

2008-11-28 10:15 Xinhuanet

Monte-Carlo - The IAAF has officially appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decisions taken by the All Russian Athletic Federation (ARAF) in the case of 7 Russian athletes (named below).

In October 2008 the ARAF found that each athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation under IAAF Rules 32.2 (b) and 32.2 (e) and sanctioned each athlete for a period of 2 years which has been backdated to the date the anti-doping rule violation occurred. The IAAF appeal to CAS contains two specific elements;

1) The IAAF has appealed that in each case, and in accordance with IAAF Rules, the date of any applicable sanction cannot begin earlier than the day the athlete was first provisionally suspended from competition.

2) The IAAF has appealed that in each case the period of ineligibility be lengthened to more than the minimum 2 year sanction under IAAF Rules if the athletes are found guilty of the above doping offences

IAAF President Lamine Diack said “It is unacceptable to the IAAF that these athletes who have committed serious and deliberate breaches of our anti-doping Rules would receive an effective ban of approximately 9-10 months and see them eligible to compete again in the summer of 2009. What is more, I consider the circumstances surrounding these cases warrants the IAAF to seek an extended ban over and above the minimum two year period.

The IAAF has appealed to CAS in the case of the follow 7 athletes and will make no further comments on the cases until the conclusion of the CAS hearing process;

Svetlana CHERKASOVA - 800m

Yulia FOMENKO - 1500m

Gulfiya KHANAFEYEVA - Hammer Throw

Darya PISHCHALNIKOVA - Discus Throw

Yelena SOBOLEVA - 800m / 1500m

Tatyana TOMASHOVA - 1500m

Olga YEGOROVA - 1500m / 5000m

(Credit:IAAF)

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