Athletics Integrity Unit charges Russian Athletics Federation with obstruction an investigation and provisional suspends several senior federation officials for tampering and complicity : Press Release / Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). - Monaco : AIU, 2019
21 November 2019, Monaco: The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has today charged the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) with serious breaches of the Anti-Doping Rules, including a failure to co-operate with an investigation and obstructing an investigation. The charges relate to the conduct of senior RusAF officials during an investigation into ‘whereabouts’ violations committed by Russian high-jumper, Danil Lysenko.
A number of senior federation officials, including the RusAF President, Dmitry Shlyakhtin, and Executive Director, Alexander Parkin, the Athlete and his coach, have also been charged with Tampering and/or Complicity under the Anti-Doping Rules and been provisionally suspended.
This follows a 15-month AIU investigation (in co-operation with RUSADA) which concluded that RusAF officials had been involved in the provision of false explanations and forged documents to the AIU in order to explain whereabouts failures by the Athlete.
RusAF, suspended from the membership of World Athletics since November 2015, has been issued a notice of charge for failing to comply with its obligations as a Member Federation. RusAF has until 12 December to respond to the notice following which the AIU Board may refer the matter to the World Athletics Council to be determined in accordance with the Anti-Doping Rules.
