Statement from IOC on Russia’s Doping Allegation is Out!

The chance of Russia to participate in the upcoming Rio 2016 just seem to became slimmer as International Olympic Committee released the following statement:

THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) HAS TODAY RECEIVED THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY’S “INDEPENDENT PERSON REPORT”. THE IOC WILL NOW CAREFULLY STUDY THE COMPLEX AND DETAILED ALLEGATIONS, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF SPORT.

“The findings of the report show a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games. Therefore, the IOC will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organisation implicated,” IOC President Thomas Bach said.

In the immediate short term, the IOC Executive Board (EB) will convene in a telephone conference tomorrow to take its first decisions, which may include provisional measures and sanctions with regard to the Olympic Games Rio 2016.

Although no decisions has been made to ban Russia from participate in Rio 2016, this statement shows that IOC has some solid information on their hands, and sure seem like a bad news to Russia’s sports community.