Russian swimmer Yevgeny Rylov became the athlete of the year, as well as a laureate of the National Sports Prize in the Pride of Russia nomination. The award ceremony took place on Wednesday, December 8, in Moscow at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace.
Rylov in 2021 won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics (100 m and 200 m backstroke), and also became a silver medalist in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. In addition, he won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the European Championship.
In turn, the head coach of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team, Irina Viner-Usmanova, was awarded the prize of the Ministry of Sports of Russia “Epoch in Sports”. This prestigious award is awarded for years of work for the benefit of the development of sports in Russia, REN TV reports.
On the same day, in his address to the participants of the National Sports Prize ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the state will continue to support athletes, defend their rights and interests. The Russian leader promised to continue to create comfortable, favorable conditions for the training of future champions.
September 23, acting RUSADA Director General Mikhail Bukhanov said that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency is working on a complete lifting of sanctions against Russian athletes, a period of two years is a consensus.
In addition, he noted that RUSADA needs to comply with the arbitration decision, according to which the agency should cooperate with the investigation to complement the information already available.
In December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recognized RUSADA as not complying with the Anti-Doping Code and suspended Russia for four years from all major competitions, including the Olympic Games and World Championships.
Russia has been banned from hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the World Championships for two years. Russian athletes at major tournaments cannot play under the national flag; the use of the country’s anthem is also prohibited. According to the CAS regulation, the restrictions will continue until 2022.
Source: IZ
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