VFLA: IAAF refuses to receive neutral status for 51 Russian athletes since January – Athletics News – Summer

On Wednesday the VFLA Press Service reported that the IAAF refused to grant admission to international competitions under a neutral flag to 15 athletes because of the insufficient time spent in the test group. Among them, Artem Makarenko (multiple), Daria Nidbaykina (triple jump), Anastasia Bednova (400m), Natalia Shirobokova (discus throw), Natalia Koloskova (3000m with obstacles), Elena Chernyaeva and 200m), Nina Morozova ( 100m hurdles and 200m hurdles), Irina Ivanova (pole vault), Margarita Sokolova (long jump), Alexander Gripich (pole vault), Dmitry Nikitin (long jump, triple jump), Kirill Chernukhin (race) 100m and 200m), Mikhail Filatov (400m race), Natalia Puchkova (marathon), Pavel Savin (400m race).

According to updated information, since the beginning of the year 2018 the IAAF rejected the application 51 Russian athlete – says Yuhareva. – Authorizations to perform international departures in a neutral status (everything starts in 2018 or individual starts in 2018) received 67 Russian athletes. For five Russian walkers, admission to international departure in neutral status was temporarily suspended until the investigation of the incident with the presence of coach Viktor Chegin was completed at the training camp. "

The walkers Sergei Shirobokov and Claudia Afanasyeva are temporarily deprived of international competition, Sergey Sharipov, Olga Eliseeva and Julia Lipanova.