“” commentator Olga Bogoslovskaya believes that World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe’s statement regarding the recommendation to restore ARAF membership in 2023 is not true and that no restoration will take place.
Earlier, Rune Andersen, head of the World Athletics task force, said the final decision on restoring the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) would be taken in 2023.
“I don’t believe a single word from Sebastian Coe. How much have they already been told? “Catering” is engaged in a business? which sits in the UK and plays all kinds of sports. And we know perfectly well what is happening with all Russian athletes now. They’re setting there at home, getting money, and not little ones. Everything suits everyone, and its promises are not worth a penny. It’s happened a thousand times, and for the first thousand and one times, they had to restore it this year, and the last. They are sure they are holding on to something, and if there is nothing to hold on to, then they say that in their opinion the level of culture concerning intolerance of the use of doping is still insufficient. I do not believe that this information should make our athletes believe and live with hope. Coe does everything under dictation, what we tell him, he does. As long as he’s on the stand, we won’t be reinstated. It remains to spit on these statements and not read them. That’s when they restore, then we’ll talk, and all his words mean nothing, Bogoslovskaya told .
ARAF has been banned from World Athletics since 2015 due to a huge doping scandal. From then on, Russian athletes could participate in international competitions only after obtaining neutral status.
On March 1, 2022, World Athletics banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions.
Source : MatchTV
