International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach described the findings of the WADA independent report into Russian doping at the Sochi Winter Games as showing a “shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sports and on the Olympic Games.”
The IOC will now carefully study the complex and detailed allegations in particular with regard to the Russian Ministry of Sport. The IOC will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organisation implicated.Thomas Bach, President, IOC
The IOC Executive Board will hold a telephone conference on Tuesday to take its first decisions. These may include provisional measures and sanctions regarding the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August.
WADA Made No Recommendations to IOC: Russia
Russian Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov said on Monday he was pleased that World Anti-Doping Agency report into allegations of state-backed cheating at the 2014 Sochi Games had not made recommendations to the International Olympic Committee.
Several anti-doping agencies, including those of the United States and Canada, called on Saturday for a complete ban on Russia competing at this year’s Rio Olympics if the report’s findings were damning.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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