An appeal against the two-year suspensions given to four Russian bobsledders implicated in the country's doping scandal has been filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
A zero-tolerance approach towards doping will be adopted by the Russian Bobsleigh Federation, newly-elected President Elena Anikina has promised.
Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) vice-president and interim head Elena Anikina was elected President of the organisation at an Extraordinary Meeting in Sochi today.
Interim Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Elena Anikina has confirmed her intention to stand for the role on a permanent basis when the organisation elects a replacement for the banned Alexander Zubkov at an extraordinary meeting next month.
Alexander Zubkov is among four Russian athletes to have launched appeals against two-year bans issued by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
A new permanent President of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) will be elected at an extraordinary conference in March following Alexander Zubkov's decision to temporarily stand down after he was given a two-year doping ban.
Russian bobsledder Alexei Voevoda, part of the two and four-man crews stripped of their Sochi 2014 Olympic gold medals, has been banned for two years for doping by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).
Alexander Zubkov has temporarily stepped down as President of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) after he was given a two-year ban for his involvement in the Russian doping scheme.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will ask Alexander Zubkov to "immediately" stand down as President of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) after he was given an two-year doping ban, President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has announced.
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has banned Alexander Zubkov and three other Russian sliders for two years.
Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov has admitted sponsors have fled the organisation and new partnerships are proving difficult to achieve.
Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President Alexander Zubkov has admitted he is ready for further proceedings with the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) after a court in Moscow rejected their appeal that would have made it easier for them to force him to give up the two gold medals he won at Sochi 2014.
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation's (IBSF) independent Disciplinary Panel will announce a decision on Alexander Zubkov and three other banned Russian sliders within a week, it has been reported.
An independent Disciplinary Panel of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) is set to review the case of Alexander Zubkov tomorrow, with the Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) President currently banned from attending international competitions.
Russia's former bobsledder Alexander Zubkov is obliged to return his two Olympic gold medals from Sochi 2014 after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling but told Russia's official state news agency TASS he will only do so if he receives a personal letter from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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