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Diaz-Canel rejects sanctions of the World Anti-Doping Agency against Russia

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Date: 2021-11

The decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA) to separate Russia for four years from international events, including the next Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has led to a firm rejection. The reaction in our country was immediate. President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said on his Twitter account that “Cuba opposes the unjust sanctions of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for Russia.

Decisions in the field of sport and the International Olympic Movement cannot be based on political considerations or double standards.

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla also expressed, in the same way, about the sanction that he intends to corner Russia, while exposing the partiality of the AMA, as there are other cases of doping, in various countries, to which They have not been treated in the same way. «The practices of politicization and application of double standards reach again the sphere of sport.

Cuba strongly rejects the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russia, a country of recognized prestige and contribution to international sport, ”said Rodríguez Parrilla.Osvaldo Vento, president of the Inder, expressed the repudiation of the decision of the AMA and remarked via Twitter that “Russia is a nation of recognized contribution to world sports development and deserves a treatment adjusted to these realities.” The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, pointed out that the decision to separate his country from the main international competitions contradicts the Olympic Charter.

Therefore, he said, Moscow has every reason to file the corresponding appeal with the Court of Sports Arbitration (TAS, for its acronym in French). China was also one of the first to react and demanded that the rights of athletes be protected, while considering the measure as “exaggerated.” The Asian giant acknowledges that “Russia is an important member of the Olympic family, and its contributions to the development of the sector are enormous.” Yelena Isinbayeva, pole vaulting champion of Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, considered that “these are extremely cruel, unfair, heinous and murderous sanctions”

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