Russia stance will be defended in court, pledges World Athletics chief Coe

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Clique aqui para buscarbuscarInscreva-seEsporte|AtletismoPosição da Rússia será defendida na justiça, promete chefe da World Athletics CoeA Atletismo Russo entrou com uma nova ação no Tribunal de Arbitragem para o Esporte para desafiar as sanções, mas a WA irá combatê-la.

Russia’s athletics federation has lodged a new claim at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge the World Athletics sanctions.

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The global body for track and field announced in July it was keeping in place a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes that was imposed in March 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A federação russa, Russian Athletics, afirma que as sanções são "seletivas e politizadas.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in team events and qualifying competitions for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

The stance of World Athletics, headed by Britain’s two-time Olympic 1,500-metre gold medallist Coe, is in contrast to the federations of other Olympic sports.

World Gymnastics and the International Skating Union, for example, have eased restrictions on Russian competitors.

Coe não estava disposto a recuar na quinta-feira à noite, dizendo a jornalistas nas margens do Campeonato Europeu de Atletismo em Birmingham que ainda acreditava plenamente na política da World Athletics.

Coe said World Athletics’ stance was not political.

Ukraine slammed the IOC decision on Russian involvement in Los Angeles as “premature” and “unfounded” while Moscow’s invasion drags on through its fifth year.

A World Athletics criou um fundo dedicado em 2022 para ajudar a apoiar os atletas ucranianos, embora o órgão tenha dito que não há "dúvida de que a capacidade da Ucrânia e de seus atletas de treinar e competir permanece severamente comprometida.

Coe has said if a peace agreement is reached, it is not for sport to stand in the way of the Russians’ return.

The conflict, however, has left its mark on Coe after a visit he paid to Ukraine.