It was on Monday that the AP reported that the board of the Russian Athletics Association resigns. The decision came after a meeting with Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin.
The reason should be that the board failed in its work to solve the association's problems with the international athletics association, World Athletics (formerly IAAF). The Russian federation has been suspended since 2015, which has meant that the Russian practitioners were not allowed to participate in championships under the Russian flag.
The situation worsened
Instead of approaching a solution, the crisis has deepened in recent months. In November, the then chairman, Dmitry Shlyakhtin, was accused of complicating an anti-doping investigation with false documents. Which should have been a reason why the board resigned.
- Considering that the federation's actions have not brought about reintroduction to the IAAF or acted to ensure that pure Russian athletes can participate in international competitions, the board resigns, the union says in a statement.
The board voted to give control of the union to a working group set up by the Russian Olympic Committee and to be composed of members of the Ministry of Sports, the International Athletics Association, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency and Russian athletes.
Public negotiations
Within a few weeks, Cas, the sports arbitration tribunal, will address the case between the international anti-doping offense Wada and Russia. A case of Russia's systematic doping. Now Wada wants the hearings to be open to the public and the media.
"It is Wada's opinion, and with many of our stakeholders, that this dispute at Cas should be held in a public forum to ensure that everyone understands the process and hears the arguments," the agency's director-general, Olivier Niggli, said in a statement.
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