Russia banned for four years over sports doping scandal

The Olympic flag and the Russian flag flying during the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia. File picture: AFP/ANDREJ ISAKOVIC.

The World Anti-Doping Agency banned Russia’s national team after officials in Moscow were accused of fabricating evidence to cover up the use of banned substances by the country’s athletes. Individual athletes who comply with strict conditions will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag, while Wada ordered a ban on Russian government officials or representatives attending events.

The punishment means Russia will be kept out of 2020’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar. The ban may also prevent Russia from hosting matches in the Uefa Euro 2020 soccer championships mid-2020, for which the national team has qualified. Russia will also be barred from bidding to host any major championships during the four-year period, extending to include the 2032 Summer Olympics.

Russian track and field athletes were subsequently barred from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Russian athletes were only allowed to compete under the Olympic flag.

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