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Russians Legkov & Belov Claim Innocence – To Appeal Temporary Doping Suspensions Before Tour de Ski

by skitrax.com

December 28, 2016 – Alexander Legkov and Yevgeny Belov plan to appeal their temporary doping suspensions in hopes of participating in the upcoming Tour de Ski, Dec. 31-Jan. 8, reports TASS, a Russian news agency.

Alexander Legkov [P] Nordic Focus
Alexander Legkov © Nordic Focus
Legkov and Belov were among six Russian cross-country skiers temporarily suspended from competition recently including Maxim Vylegzhanin and Alexei Petukhov, Evgenia Shapovalova and Julia Ivanova. Shapovalova and Ivanova had previously confirmed their suspensions but the others had not yet been officially revealed – read more here.

Evgeniy Belov (RUS) [P] Angus Cockney
Evgeniy Belov (RUS) © Angus Cockney

All of this follows the World Anti-Doping Agency’s second edition of the McLaren Report that outlined systemic doping in Russian sports. Neither Legkov nor Belov’s names appear on the 2017 Tour de Ski start list for Russia which includes Sergey Ustiugov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, Andrey Larkov, Andrey Melnichenko, Petr Sedov, Ermil Vokuev, and Alexey Chervotkin. SkiTrax believes that this appeal will take place at the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS).

Read the TASS report here.





1 Comments For This Post

  1. s1ned, Karelia, Russia says:
    December 28th, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    Good for them.
    If we look at Rodchenkov’s emails then we find only two notes – Vylegzhanin used newly banned for racing period medicine during training camp. And Legkov didn’t show TUE for astma medicine that he has (and don’t have to since his TUE in ADAMS base).
    This is good evidence that Russian skiers are clean not only in Europe where they spend more than half a year but also in Russia.
    Take a look in Rodchenkov’s emails at steroid cases in biathlon and track&field. But FIS suspend 6 skiers and only 2 from biathlon.

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