Authorised Neutral Athletes at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
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Russia (1993–2015) |
The Authorised Neutral Athletes are Russian athletes who are permitted to compete in the
Background
In July 2016, Richard McLaren presented the report of the WADA Commission in Toronto, Ontario, indicating systematic state-sponsored subversion of the drug testing processes by the government of Russia during and subsequent to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[1] In December 2016, he published the second part of his report on doping in Russia.[2][3]
Some Russians have called the allegations an anti-Russian plot while others consider that Russia was "just doing what the rest of the world does".[4][5][6] Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had "never supported any violations in sport, we have never supported it at the state level, and we will never support this"[7] and that the allegations were part of an "anti-Russia policy" by the West.[8] Aleksei Pushkov, chairman of Russia's parliamentary foreign affairs committee, said that the IAAF's decision to uphold its ban was "an act of political revenge against Russia for its independent foreign policy."[8] A member of Russia's parliament, Vadim Dengin, stated, "The entire doping scandal is a pure falsification, invented to discredit and humiliate Russia."[9] After the Court of Arbitration for Sport turned down an appeal by Russian athletes, pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva wrote, "Let all those pseudo clean foreign athletes breathe a sigh of relief and win their pseudo gold medals in our absence. They always did fear strength."[10] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the ruling a "crime against sport".[11] A poll by the Levada Center found that 14% of Russians believed that the country's athletes had doped in Sochi, 71% did not believe WADA's reports, and 15% decided not to answer.[12]
A spokesman for Putin called Stepanova a "Judas".[13] The Russian media have also criticised the Stepanovs. Yuliya Stepanova said, "All the news stories call me a traitor and not just traitor but a traitor to the Motherland."[14] Vitaly Stepanov said, "I wasn't trying to expose Russia, I was trying to expose corrupt sports officials that are completely messing up competitions not just inside the country but globally."[15] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the Russian media portrayed the German documentaries as "part of a Western conspiracy with the aim of weakening the great nation that Vladimir Putin lifted from its knees."[16] Hajo Seppelt had the "impression that he and the Stepanovs were being styled as enemies of the state".[16]
Match TV said that Americans had orchestrated the doping scandal and modern pentathlon champion Aleksander Lesun called it an unfair "attack" because "Doping is in all countries and there are violators everywhere."[22] Following the IOC's announcement on 24 July 2016, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said it was "a just and fair decision and we hope every federation will take the same kind of decision. Doping is a worldwide evil, not only of Russia."[23] The Russian media's reaction was "nearly euphoric at points."[22]
A reporter from Russian state-owned television told IOC President Thomas Bach that "It looked like you personally were helping us" and asked whether the doping investigation was a "political attack" on Russian athletes.[24] After Russian athletes said that McLaren was about "politics" rather than sport, the British biathlon association stated that their comments were "brain-washed, deluded and dishonest" and decided to boycott an event in Russia.[25] Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said that athletes should be "punished" for calls to boycott.[26]
Petitions for inclusion
In 2016 and 2017 they were permitted to compete in the championship through special permission granted by the
Medalists
Medal | Athlete | Event | Date |
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Gold | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 12 August 2017 |
Silver | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 metres hurdles | 7 August 2017 |
Silver | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 11 August 2017 |
Silver | Valeriy Pronkin | Men's hammer throw | 11 August 2017 |
Silver | Sergey Shirobokov | Men's 20 kilometres walk | 13 August 2017 |
Silver | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 13 August 2017 |
Result
Men
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Sergey Shubenkov | 110 metres hurdles | 13.47 | 15 Q | 13.22 | 3 q | 13.14 | |
Sergey Shirobokov | 20 kilometres walk | — | 1:18.55 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Ilya Ivanyuk | High jump | 2.29 | 7 q | 2.25 | =6 |
Danil Lysenko | 2.31 | 3 Q | 2.32 | ||
Ilya Mudrov | Pole vault | 5.45 | 22 | Did not advance | |
Aleksandr Menkov | Long jump | 8.07 | 5 Q | 8.27 | 4 |
Aleksandr Lesnoy | Shot put | 19.67 | 26 | Did not advance | |
Viktor Butenko | Discus throw | 59.29 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Sergey Litvinov | Hammer throw | 73.48 | 17 | Did not advance | |
Valeriy Pronkin | 75.09 | 10 q | 78.16 | ||
Aleksey Sokirskiy | 75.50 | 8 Q | 77.50 SB | 5 |
- Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
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Ilya Shkurenyov | Result | 11.17 | 7.62 SB | 13.48 | 2.08 | 49.02 | DQ | DNS | DNS | – | – | DNF | – |
Points | 823 | 965 | 697 | 878 | 860 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Klavdiya Afanaseva
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20 kilometres walk | — | DQ | – |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Irina Gordeeva | High jump | 1.89 | 16 | Did not advance | |
Mariya Lasitskene | 1.92 | 1 q | 2.03 | ||
Olga Mullina | Pole vault | 4.55 | 8 q | 4.55 | 8 |
Anzhelika Sidorova | NH | – | Did not advance | ||
Darya Klishina | Long jump | 6.66 | 1 q | 7.00 | |
Vera Rebrik | Javelin throw | NM | – | Did not advance |
References
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- ^ "Electronic Documentary Package of the IP Professor Richard H. McLaren, O.C." December 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ^ "McLaren Independent Investigation Report into Sochi Allegations - Part II". World Anti-Doping Agency. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ MacFarquhar, Neil (21 July 2016). "A Doping Scandal Appears Unlikely to Tarnish Russia's President". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Bershidsky, Leonid (10 November 2015). "Doping Shows Russia Is Rotten, But Not Hopeless". Bloomberg View.
- ^ a b c Grohmann, Karolos; Stubbs, Jack (14 August 2016). "Russia athletics suffers final disgrace as last competitor barred". Reuters.
- ^ Ferguson, Kate (18 June 2016). "Vladimir Putin insists 'Russia does not support doping'". The Scotsman.
- ^ a b c Kramer, Andrew E. (17 June 2016). "Olympic Ban Adds to Russia's Culture of Grievances". The New York Times.
- ^ Nemtsova, Anna (17 June 2016). "Russia: America and the West 'Invented' Olympic Doping Scandal to 'Humiliate' Us". The Daily Beast.
- ^ McGowan, Tom; Sinnott, John (21 July 2016). "Russia Olympic ban: Six questions answered". CNN.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month's Games". BBC News. 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Most Russians Unconvinced by WADA Doping Reports – Poll". The Moscow Times. 29 July 2016.
- ^ "IAAF Taskforce: Interim report to IAAF Council, 17 June 2016" (PDF). IAAF. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ^ Schwartz, Daniel (13 January 2016). "Whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov describe Russia's sports doping system". CBC News.
- ^ Cherry, Gene (10 May 2016). "Whistleblower nearly aborted efforts to expose Russian doping". Reuters.
- ^ a b Schmidt, Friedrich; Hanfeld, Michael (11 June 2016). "Stell dir vor, das russische Staatsfernsehen kommt" [When Russian TV shows up]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).
- ^ London Evening Standard.
- ^ Rescheto, Juri (9 June 2016). "Opinion: Russia's parallel universe". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "Russia Blames Others for Its Doping Woes". The New York Times. 29 August 2016.
- ^ Osborn, Andrew (22 July 2016). "Doping scandal rocks Russian sport but Putin's ratings look safe". Reuters.
- ^ Epstein, David (4 August 2016). "On Eve of Olympics, Top Investigator Details Secret Efforts to Undermine Russian Doping Probe". ProPublica.
- ^ a b Luhn, Alec (24 July 2016). "Russia greets IOC decision on Rio Games with relief and jubilation". The Guardian.
- ^ "US doping chief says IOC have left a 'confusing mess'". RTÉ. 24 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25.
- ^ Powell, Michael (4 August 2016). "I.O.C. Chief Thomas Bach Supports a Peculiar Form of Justice on Doping". The New York Times.
- ^ "GBR Lead Boycott of WC 8 in Tyumen RUS". British Biathlon. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ^ "Russia loses sporting events as federations act on doping storm". Agence France-Presse. Yahoo News. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Russia's Darya Klishina cleared to compete as 'neutral'". BBC Sport. 2016-07-10.
- ^ "Darya Klishina".
- ^ Stubbs, Jack (15 August 2016). "Exclusive: Russia's Klishina to compete after appeal upheld". Reuters.