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The Russian flag will not be seen at the upcoming major events
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Russia will be excluded from the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
The International Sports Court Cas halved the four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency in December of the previous year in its judgment on the appeal process on Thursday.
The Wada Executive Committee unanimously decided on December 19, 2019 to declare the Russian anti-doping agency Rusada non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for four years.
The reason was that doping data from the Moscow laboratory was intentionally altered before and during its handover to Wada in January 2019.
The handover of the data was the condition for the reinstatement of the Rusada in September 2018. It was suspended by the Wada in November 2015 after the discovery of the state-controlled doping in Russia.
In addition to the four-year ban, Wada had decreed that during this period Russian athletes may only compete as neutral athletes in the Olympic Games and World Championships if they meet certain anti-doping conditions.
During this time, Russian government representatives may not attend meetings of boards or committees of international sports organizations or be elected to these bodies.
In addition, the country is not allowed to apply for major sporting events such as world championships or the Olympic Games and Paralympics in 2032 until 2022.
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