ZURICH/MOSCOW: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) showed on Wednesday that it had reinstated Russia after the remaining assessments of the rustic's athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics were all returned negative.
Russians competed as neutrals at the Games after the IOC suspended the rustic's Olympic Committee (ROC) in December, saying it had discovered proof of an "unprecedented systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping gadget.
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On Sunday, the IOC introduced that Russia, which has again and again denied any state involvement in doping, can be robotically readmitted as long as there were not more doping violations.
"The final notification of all remaining test results from the Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) delegation has been received," mentioned the IOC in a statement on Wednesday. "The IOC can verify that all of the last effects are negative.
"Therefore, as mentioned within the Executive Board decision of Feb. 25, the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee is robotically lifted with immediate impact."
The decision had been introduced earlier in feedback via ROC president Alexander Zhukov on state television.
"The Russian Olympic Committee has had its rights absolutely restored," he said. "It's a decision of the utmost importance for us."
A staff of 168 Russians competed as part of a impartial 'Olympic Athlete from Russia' (OAR) staff in Pyeongchang however two of them failed drug assessments - medal-winning curler Alexander Krushelnitsky and bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva.
They had all been required to end up they were blank before the Games.
Under the neutrality regulations, the Russians were not able to wear nationwide uniforms or have their anthem performed at medal displays, even supposing the ice hockey staff sang the nationwide anthem on Sunday.
Russians competed as neutrals at the Games after the IOC suspended the rustic's Olympic Committee (ROC) in December, saying it had discovered proof of an "unprecedented systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping gadget.
Read this tale in Bengali
On Sunday, the IOC introduced that Russia, which has again and again denied any state involvement in doping, can be robotically readmitted as long as there were not more doping violations.
"The final notification of all remaining test results from the Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) delegation has been received," mentioned the IOC in a statement on Wednesday. "The IOC can verify that all of the last effects are negative.
"Therefore, as mentioned within the Executive Board decision of Feb. 25, the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee is robotically lifted with immediate impact."
The decision had been introduced earlier in feedback via ROC president Alexander Zhukov on state television.
"The Russian Olympic Committee has had its rights absolutely restored," he said. "It's a decision of the utmost importance for us."
A staff of 168 Russians competed as part of a impartial 'Olympic Athlete from Russia' (OAR) staff in Pyeongchang however two of them failed drug assessments - medal-winning curler Alexander Krushelnitsky and bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva.
They had all been required to end up they were blank before the Games.
Under the neutrality regulations, the Russians were not able to wear nationwide uniforms or have their anthem performed at medal displays, even supposing the ice hockey staff sang the nationwide anthem on Sunday.
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