Siete atletas rusas suspendidas por quebrantar las normas antidopaje

Siete atletas rusas, entre ellas Yelena Soboleva y Olga Yegorova, han sido suspendidas de forma provisional por la IAAF por haber quebrantado las normas antidopaje, por lo que se perderán los inminentes Juegos Olímpicos.

Las deportistas han sido sancionadas por haber sustituido de forma fraudulenta su orina y haber entorpecido, por tanto, el sistema de controles antidopaje para hacer una comparativa de ADN. Ahora, disponen de un plazo de 14 días para pedir una audiencia a su Federación nacional.

Las atletas suspendidas son Yegorova, Soboleva, Daria Pishchalnikova, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, Tatiana Tomashova, Yulia Fomenko y Svetlana Cherkasova.

Soboleva es la plusmarquista mundial de 1.500 metros desde que el pasado mes de marzo conquistara el título en Valencia y cuenta con la mejor marca mundial del año en 800 metros. Gulfiya Khanafeyeva es la campeona de Rusia de lanzamiento de martillo y Olga Yegorova fue campeona del mundo de 5.000 metros en Edmonton 2001.

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Complementamos la información citada con la referida por la propia IAAF en su sitio (en inglés):

"IAAF Anti-doping investigation leads to provisional suspension of Russian athletes

MONACO - The IAAF has provisionally suspended seven athletes* from Russia for doping offences, a decision which has been acknowledged by the All Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF).

The athletes have been charged under IAAF Rules 32.2 (b) and 32.2 (e) for a fraudulent substitution of urine which is both a prohibited method and also a form of tampering with the doping control process. These rule violations were established following the deliberate storage of samples by the IAAF and re-analysis using comparative DNA techniques, and were the result of a specific investigation which was instigated and carried out by the IAAF for more than a year.

The IAAF will make no further comment until a final decision has been taken by the ARAF, which now takes over the responsibility to adjudicate these cases.

Note for Editors:

Under IAAF Rules, athletes have up to 14 days to request a hearing with the National Member Federation. If a hearing is requested, it must be held within a period of two months.

*Athletes provisionally suspended by the IAAF are:

Svetlana CHERKASOVA – 800m
Yulia FOMENKO – 1500m
Gulfiya KHANAFEYEVA – Hammer Throw
Darya PISHCHALNIKOVA - Discus Throw
Yelena SOBOLEVA – 800m / 1500m
Tatyana TOMASHOVA – 1500m
Olga YEGOROVA - 1500m / 5000m"

fuentes: Europapress, Marca e IAAF