MOSCOW — The doping suspensions of two Russian boxers have been doubled after Reuters stated that they'd fought in reliable competitions all over their bans, Russia's anti-doping company RUSADA talked about on Friday.
Reuters mentioned in July that boxers Islam Dashaev and Alena Tokarchuk had competed in elite tournaments regardless of their bans, which is forbidden under international anti-doping guidelines.
RUSADA referred to on the time that it had been unaware of the cases and pledged to examine. A Russian boxing federation respectable who had overseen one of the competitions also mentioned he had no abilities that the boxer had been banned.
Dashaev, who had obtained a 4-12 months suspension in 2017 for doping violations that covered refusing a doping look at various, has received one other four-year suspension starting in March 2021, RU SADA stated.
Tokarchuk, suspended in November 2017 for 2 years for checking out effective for a banned substance, will serve another two-year ban beginning in November 2019, the agency mentioned.
Athletes banned for doping are forbidden from taking part in any ability in competitions or activities concerning elite recreation, in line with the guidelines of the area Anti-Doping company (WADA).
If an athlete is found to have violated a doping ban, the duration of the suspension may also be doubled.
These lapses in the enforcement of the boxers' bans indicate that Russia, which says it has put its doping scandals at the back of it, has yet to create a lifestyle wherein all dopers are sidelined.
Russia's participation in the 2020 Tokyo summer Olympics is at risk after WADA found inconsistencies in Moscow's labor atory records.
Reuters stated earlier this 12 months that two Russian athletics coaches and one medical professional banned for doping were nonetheless working with athletes.
(Reporting by way of Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; modifying via Christian Radnedge)
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