Tokyo Olympics: Helpless Russia cannot compete in the name of the country, nor can Katyusha play
Tokyo Olympics: Helpless Russia cannot compete in the name of the country, nor can Katyusha play
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At the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Russian team entered the 77th place. The two flag bearers were Mikhailov (male volleyball player) and Velikaya (female fencer).
However, the entrance of the Russian team is rather special. There is no national flag or national anthem. Instead, the national flag is replaced by the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee, and the national anthem is replaced by the "First Piano Concerto".
The Russian delegation once stated that it could not use the national anthem and use Katyusha instead of the head office, but the result was ruthlessly rejected. The International Olympic Committee stated that Katyusha was a patriotic song and could not be used. In the end, "The First Piano Concerto" became the music for awards and admission.
Why can't Russia compete in the name of the country? All this starts with the doping scandal.
In 2013, the British "Sunday Mail" first exposed the issue of doping in Russia. But no one cares too much about this. In 2014, the German ARD TV station released a documentary to expose the Russian doping problem.
A large number of recordings of Stepanov, a former staff member of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, were exposed. This time the matter was big, and soon the World Anti-Doping Agency formed a three-person independent investigation team. After investigation, Russia even tampered with urine samples of athletes during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, and escaped the doping test.
In 2015, the German ARD TV station took advantage of the heat and aired the second documentary "The Secret of Doping: The Dark World of Track and Field".
In June 2016, the IAAF decided to ban Russia from participating in international athletics competitions
At this time, Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory, went to the United States and declared that all Russian athletes were taking doping.
In the same year, the World Anti-Doping Agency released an investigation report-the "McLaren Report". The second 150-page report "Schmid Report" released in December revealed that it contains information on 1,166 urine samples from 2011 to 2015, covering the 2012 London Olympics, Sochi Winter Olympics, and the World Championships in Russia. In many competitions such as the Universiade and the Universiade, the samples submitted by two Russian female players were found to be male urine.
In fact, when the IAAF disqualified Russia from participating in the international athletics competitions, it was not far from the 2016 Rio Olympics. The key at this time is whether Russia can participate in the Rio Olympics.
Finally, in July 2016, the International Olympic Committee made a ruling on whether Russia can participate in the Rio Olympics. The International Olympic Committee means that it is not completely banned, and which project cannot participate depends on the meaning of the project association.
Among them, track and field and weightlifting events are prohibited from participating, but athletes who can participate must also prove that they are not taking drugs. In the end, more than 100 people were disqualified for taking drugs for themselves or their teammates, and the number of delegates dropped from 389 to 271, making it the smallest delegation in Russian history.
