110m hurdles world champion Sergei Shubenkov in a conversation with , he said his absence from the Russian and international doping test pool could cost him neutral status to compete in international competitions.
Earlier, Shubenkov told that he applied for neutral status last year. On December 23, the press service of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) announced that the process of obtaining neutral status will continue until the International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics ) decides otherwise.
– I know the situation with the fact that I was excluded from the international and Russian test pool. As far as I know, the notification to RUSADA came back when I received a notification that I had been kicked out of the international pool. Now RUSADA just informed ARAF, big thanks to them for that.
“Potentially, this could prevent you from obtaining neutral status? »
– Yes, that’s correct. The funny thing is that I can’t do anything in this situation, RUSADA alone decides who should be tested, it’s an independent organization with us.
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. In March 2022, World Athletics banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions.
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Source : MatchTV
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