After the Russian scandal: IOC wants to reform anti-doping law

After the bitter lessons learned from the Russian doping scandal, the International Olympic Committee wants to comprehensively reform the rules and legal system in the anti-doping fight. “The challenge will be how we can manage and protect the integrity of an organization like the IOC with its 206 members,” President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday in Pyeongchang. This also includes how to counter the “growing power of individual rights”.

The ruling of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the appeal hearing of 39 athletes from Russia, who sued against their lifelong Olympic ban imposed by the IOC as a result of the doping scandal in their country, had sparked a lot of criticism. The CAS lifted the ban in 28 cases and reduced the IOC sanctions in eleven.

Schipulin, Ustyugov & Co. are suing against the verdict In the middle of the IOC debate about the Russia case, the news broke that another 32 Russian athletes wanted to take legal action to compete in the Winter Games. The athletes filed a lawsuit against their exclusion from the Olympics with the Swiss Federal Court and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). This was confirmed by the CAS, which plans to announce the verdict on Wednesday.

In addition to short track star Viktor Ahn and biathlete Anton Schipulin, top cross-country skiers Sergei Ustyugow and Ruslan Sakharov as well as Olympic figure skating champion Xenia Stolbowa are defending themselves against the Olympic ban. Bach: “There is also a beautiful side” So far, 169 athletes from Russia have been invited to the Games. Of the 28 Russians whose bans were lifted by CAS, 15 subsequently applied to take part. It was rejected by the IOC.

“Despite the difficult situation, there is also the beautiful side of life,” said Bach. “Because we can learn from it and it can be the beginning of changes in the World Anti-Doping Agency, in the CAS and also in the IOC. We have started the discussion about it.”

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After the Russian scandal: IOC wants to reform anti-doping law

The doping scandal surrounding Russia should have consequences. The IOC announces a reform of anti-doping law. Another 32 Russian athletes are filing a complaint with CAS against their Olympic ban. Explosive at the end of the Winter Games: Can Russia return to the IOC?

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