Coach Shubenkov: “I wonder why Sergei was not included in the RUSADA group. He trains and wants to be tested regularly.

Sergey Klevtsov, coach of the 110m hurdles world champion Sergei Shubenkov told that he did not understand why RUSADA did not include the Russian athlete in the doping control group.

Earlier, Shubenkov, in a conversation with , said that his absence from the Russian and international doping test pool could cost him neutral status to participate in international competitions.

– The fact that Sergey is absent from the international pool can be understood. Officially, he flew out of the world twenty last year, so they removed him from the test group. And why they didn’t automatically include it in Russian, I’m surprised. Everything must be done faster! Really curious why this happened. There is nothing so complicated here. There is an international athlete: he is transparent, he trains and he wants to be checked regularly. Are there any obstacles to this? I think not. Just pick it up and turn it on! Klevtsov 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. In March 2022, World Athletics banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions.