“I'm not saying that WADA is lying. I say that the performance of a team without a flag and anthem is a purely political decision. If there are specific problems with doping, we will support the proceedings and we will remove the athletes ourselves, but if the whole team and the country are indiscriminately blamed, this is wrong. This is a violation of human rights, the rights of an athlete who have the right to speak under the flag and sing a hymn, ”TASS quoted Drachev as saying.
On December 9, the WADA executive committee suspended Russia from international competitions for four years, and also forbade it from holding international tournaments. In addition, it was recommended that Russian athletes participate in competitions only in neutral status.
This is due to the identification of intentional changes in the data of the Moscow laboratory, the transfer of which in its original form was one of the key conditions for restoring RUSADA compliance status with the World Anti-Doping Code.
Earlier, Drachev spoke about the position of the IBU on the possible removal of Russians due to WADA sanctions.