BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua)-According to a comprehensive report, on December 5, the International Olympic Committee announced that the Russian delegation was prohibited from participating in the Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February 2018, but it is still possible for Russian athletes to participate in the competition in a neutral capacity. After the announcement of this news, it triggered a strong reaction from all walks of life in Russia, saying that this decision was political.
In recent years, Russian sports have been plagued by doping scandals, and have been punished from medal deprivation to partial suspension. Being completely banned from participating in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics this time may further affect the development of Russian sports.
[Russian delegation banned, Bach: Hope to put an end to the scandal]

Data map: International Olympic Committee President Bach.
On the 5th, the IOC Executive Board accepted the schmid Report made by the committee headed by former Swiss Federal President schmid. According to the report, athletes systematically used stimulants in Russia during the Winter Olympics in Sochi. As a result, the International Olympic Committee banned the Russian delegation from participating in the Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February 2018.
International Olympic Committee President Bach said that the "systematic" use of stimulants is an "unprecedented destruction" of the Olympic spirit. While announcing sanctions, we should also draw a clear line to protect those innocent Russian athletes. He hopes that the ban will put an end to this scandal and become a "catalyst" for the effective anti-doping struggle.
At the same time, the International Olympic Committee said that Russian athletes who have been judged not to use stimulants can compete in the name of "Olympic athletes". Their sportswear can only be marked with "Olympic athletes from Russia", and the IOC anthem and the IOC flag will be played when awarding prizes.
It is said that Russian athletes who can be invited to participate in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will have to meet "strict conditions", and the specific invitation list will be decided by a Committee whose members come from the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Olympic Committee and other institutions.
In addition, the IOC imposed a fine of $15 million on the Russian Olympic Committee and banned Vitaly &bull, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and former sports minister; Mutko participates in the future Olympic Games. He is currently the chief planner of 2018 fifa world cup. Fifa responded that the decision of the International Olympic Committee had "no influence" on the preparations for the World Cup.
[Russia reacted strongly, saying that the decision was political]

Data map: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia has reacted strongly to this news. Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, said in Lausanne that during the investigation, the committee led by schmid found no evidence to accuse Russia of supporting athletes to use stimulants at the national level. "the allegations have not been confirmed." He also said that this decision has caused great damage to the reputation of Russian athletes.
Peskov, Russian Presidential Press Secretary, said that Russia needs to make an in-depth analysis of the decision of the International Olympic Committee, and should be "free from emotions".
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet expressed his position on this matter, but in response to the punishment decision of the International Olympic Committee on the mobilization of the Russian Winter Olympics, Putin once pointed out that the doping scandal was an "invention" of the United States, intended to influence the Russian presidential election next year. Putin once said that a total ban on Russia’s participation in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics is a kind of "humiliation", which will trigger Russia’s boycott.
Many officials of the Russian Federation Council said that this decision was political and deprived the health and competition of international sports. They criticized that sports once again became the victim of political speculation and unconstructive attempts to exert international pressure on Russia, saying that the decision of the International Olympic Committee violated the Olympic Charter.
The Russian media also expressed dissatisfaction with this. All-Russian television, radio and television companies announced through subtitles that they would not broadcast the PyeongChang Winter Olympics during the broadcast of the IOC conference on the same day.
[The ice and snow sports powers are absent, and Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is worried about the impact]

Data map: Russian delegation at Sochi Winter Olympics.
In January this year, the Council of the International Paralympic Committee has refused Russian athletes to participate in the qualifying round of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics. Coupled with the suspension of the Russian delegation this time, it means that Russia’s national flag and national anthem will not appear in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, and this ice and snow sports power will not appear on the medal list.
Bach said at the press conference on the 5th: "This is an unprecedented impact on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sports."
Although the International Olympic Committee has not ruled out the possibility of Russian athletes participating in individual capacity, the Russian women’s single skater and two-time world champion Yevgenya • Medvedeva has said that she will never take part in the Olympic Games if she is not allowed to carry the Russian flag.
Li Xifan, chairman of the Organizing Committee of PyeongChang Winter Olympics, said in a telephone interview with Yonhap News Agency on the 6th that he accepted the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban the Russian national team from participating in Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but fortunately, the IOC allowed Russian players to participate in the competition in their personal capacity.
Yonhap News Agency said that if Russia announced its boycott of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, it would also have an impact on the PyeongChang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee. In the flower skating event known as the "Flower of the Winter Olympics" project, if the Russian star players are absent, the game will become boring.
The Russian Olympic Committee will meet on the 12th and finally decide whether to participate.
[Stimulants ferment and impact Russian sports]

Data Map: The flame of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea arrived in Incheon, South Korea.
Russian sports have been plagued by doping scandals in recent years. In July 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency issued an "independent personal report", which stated that "Russian sports departments manipulated athletes to use stimulants and covered them up" and called for a total ban on Russian sports delegations from participating in the Rio Olympic Games.
Although the Russian delegation was not completely banned in the end, the Russian track and field team and the Paralympic delegation were banned and missed Rio. In the end, the lineup of the Russian delegation "shrunk" from more than 380 people to more than 270 people.
After the end of the Rio Olympic Games, the independent investigation team of the World Anti-Doping Agency published an investigation report in December, pointing out that more than a thousand Russian athletes were suspected of using stimulants from 2011 to 2015. The Russian sports community immediately attacked the report, saying that it was "lack of evidence", "rough content" and "one-sided".
Today, the Russian IAAF has not resumed its membership in the IAAF. After missing the Rio Olympic Games, Russian track and field athletes missed the World Championships held in London this year, and only a few athletes participated as "authorized neutral athletes".
From 2016 to 2017, the International Olympic Committee also cancelled 11 medals won by Russia in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, resulting in Russia losing the first place in the medal list in Sochi. In addition, more than 20 Russian athletes have been banned from participating in the Olympic Games for life.
What will Russia do in the face of the constantly fermenting doping storm? Before the ban was announced, peskov once said: "We intend to defend the interests of Chinese athletes and the Russian Federation, continue to abide by the Olympic ideal, and maintain all relations with the International Olympic Committee. Through these relations, those problems that have arisen will be solved." (End)