“Winning a gold medal is not just about winning a competition. It’s about putting together many puzzles, and respecting anti-doping rules is one of them. In Beijing, there were also Covid protocols. If you infringe, that’s all for now.”
If a banned substance is found in your sample, what kind of conspiracy is there? An athlete does not benefit from the presumption of innocence. On the contrary, if something happens, you must prove your innocence. And there have been many cases where athletes whose samples contained banned substances were acquitted.
“But good protection is necessary. Sometimes the versions sound like science fiction, but they still work. In other words, the courts function normally. I believe in it. There have been many cases where decisions have been taken in favor of Russian athletes”, Sports.ru quotes Zakharov.
- Rodnina: “Agitating with appeals is useless. CAS and ISU will not change the decision”
Source: Sport
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