Independent International Expert and World Athletics Anti-Doping Specialist Margarita Pakhnotskaya told that the situation is similar to the disqualification of a football player”Spartacus » Keita Balde arrived at the hockey club”Avant-garde “, but the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) limited itself to warning the authors.
In April 2019, Avangard head coach Bob Hartley and team doctor Dmitry Batushenko prevented RUSADA employees from taking a sample from striker Denis Zernov during one of the final series matches. of the Gagarin Cup.
Balde has been suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal for three months due to a doping control violation while playing for Italian team Cagliari. The 27-year-old footballer’s suspension ends on December 5, 2022. The Senegalese signed a three-year contract with the Moscow club this summer.
– This story reminds me of the situation with Avangard in 2019, when the team’s doctor and head coach were suspected of violating anti-doping rules. Then, coach Bob Hartley did not immediately release his player for doping control, locking him in the team locker room, and the doctor did not notify the coach. But RUSADA was then limited to the corrective warning and education measures that Avangard carried out. But the Italians decided to disqualify the player.
Athletes and their representatives have the right to appeal against any suspension. As the player’s period of suspension is short, an expedited review process may be requested. But, most likely, the review of the appeal will take approximately the same time. If the athlete’s team agrees with what happened to him – the footballer has disappeared from the anti-doping officer’s field of vision – then they understand that the violation has taken place and there is no point in doing appeal, – Pakhnotskaya told .
Earlier, lawyer Mikhail Prokopets, who helped transfer Balde to Spartak, told RB Sport that “after the loss with a score of 1:5, the coach of Cagliari locked the team in the locker room, gave a bandage – and the anti-doping officer lost eye contact with the player”.
Balde made his debut for Spartak in the Russian Premier League MIR eighth round tie with Zenit (1-2) on September 4. Previously, the footballer was called up to the Senegal national team for the September training camp and test matches with the Bolivian national team (September 24) and the Iranian team (September 27).
Source : MatchTV
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