“The VFLA criteria were developed independently. They are tough, but this is the right of a new leadership. It is important that this is legal, regulated by the necessary documents, and athletes and specialists are notified in advance. It is important that this be legally backed up, ”Takhnitskaya quotes TASS.
VFLA's membership in the International Association of Athletics Federations was suspended in November 2015, since then the suspension has been extended 12 times.
On March 12, World Athletics resumed issuing neutral status for Russian athletes, reducing the number of neutral athletes to ten after it was completely suspended in connection with the doping case of Daniil Lysenko, which involved the former leadership of the VFLA, one of the consequences of which was a change in the leadership of the federation .
Earlier it was reported that the VFLA adopted anti-doping criteria for the formation of the national teams of Russia.