Head coach of the Russian athletics team Ruslan Mashchenko explained why coaches Olga Kaniskina , Sergei Kirdyapkin And Elena Lachmanova included in the list of candidates for national teams for 2024.
The website of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) previously published a list of candidates for the Russian national teams, including Kaniskina, Kirdyapkin and Lashmanova, who participated in sports walking competitions and were disqualified for violating the anti-doping rules. Specialists are listed as group endurance trainers.
— The named specialists are personal coaches of athletes candidates for the Russian national teams and are included in the list so that they can participate with their athletes in centralized training camps within the national team, as well as accompany them in international competitions. “The above-mentioned coaches are not full-time employees of the Russian national team, they are not employed by either the Federal Budgetary Institution TsSP (Sports Training Center of Russian National Teams) or the ARAF “, Machchenko said on the ARAF website. .
Lashmanova, Kaniskina and Kirdyapkin were stripped of their Olympic and World Championship medals for anti-doping rule violations.
Source : MatchTV
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