-DarkJesús- Posted July 30, 2016 Posted July 30, 2016 The International Weightlifting Federation in its decision includes both those who are involved in doping cases. MOSCOW The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) excluded the Russian team full of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, both by implication in doping cases as being mentioned in the report McLaren, Efe reported. "The integrity of weightlifting has been seriously damaged many times and at multiple levels by the Russians, so the sanction has been applied to preserve the status of the sport," the IWF said Friday in a statement. The Russian Olympic Committee (COR) had selected eight lifters, two of which were positive (Tatiana and Anastasia Romanova Kashirina) and four others are cited by the McLaren report, which denounced doping state in Russia. The IWF remembers "surprising and disappointing statistics Russian lifters" on doping, which is confirmed because seven Russians have tested positive for the repetition of the analysis of the Beijing Olympics and London. For this reason, the federation also invite any Russian referee at the Olympic competition in Rio. Two days ago the IWF eleven new cases reported positive during the London Games, which include Russian Natalya Zabolotnaya, silver in the category up to 75 kilos, and Alexandr Ivanov, silver -94. In addition to the 67 members of the track team from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) give way to international federations decision on Russian athletes have been excluded, among others, swimmers, cyclists, rowers, canoeists and now weightlifters. "Around 272 Russian athletes (out of 387 selected) have been allowed to compete in the Games," said Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Sports, who stressed that Russia will be represented in 30 of the 34 Olympic disciplines. He reminded that more than twenty athletes from other countries competing in Brazil despite having histories of doping and recalled that any Russian federation has seen so far the list of athletes mentioned in the report McLaren.
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