Athletics in chaos. Wada, the World Anti-Doping Agency, has invited the IAAF - International Athletics Federation - to suspend all Russian athletes from all track and field competitions and accused the Russian government of "direct intimidation" of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory. These are some of the shocking accusations in a Report of a commission of inquiry of the World Anti-Doping Agency. All contained in a 323-page dossier - defined as "shocking" by those who have had the opportunity to read it - closed after 11 months of investigative investigations. In summary: there is talk of an "octopus" capable of ordering the systematic use of prohibited medicines by federations and top-level athletes and of threats to those who tried to enforce rules and order transparent controls.
"We will answer": the reply of the Russian sports minister Vitalij Mutko was not long in coming after the world anti-doping agency (Wada) invited the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) to suspend Russian athletes from any athletics competition. "Now there is a press conference in progress, we await its results" Mutko immediately replied on the phone. "Don't get confused, the Commission has no right to suspend anyone. We will make a press release at the end of the press conference."
