The agent of World Champion swimmer Yulia Efimova, who on Monday was withdrawn by the Russian Olympic Committee for nomination to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, says that she will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Speaking to Russian media, Andrew Mitkov said before FINA’s announcement:
First of all we are waiting for a decision from FINA. The All-Russian Swimming Federation has already sent back for approval a list of athletes who have declared for the Olympic Games. During the day, the International Federation (FINA) has promised to approve the list. If Efimova was on this list, she was going to the Games. If it she is not there, we are finalizing our claim in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. After we will file a lawsuit, CAS has to make a decision within 24 hours.
That means that Efimova’s only choice is to appeal to the international CAS, who is the statutory court of appeal in matters related to the World Anti-Doping Code.
Efimova is one of 4 nominated Russian swimmers who were withdrawn by the Russian Olympic Commitee for prior doping sanctions, as directed on Sunday by the IOC decision that didn’t completely ban Russia from the Olympics, but put very high standards on their participation.
She was not sanctioned for a positive test for the newly-banned substance Meldonium earlier this year, but in 2013 was hit with and served a 16 month ban for a different substance.
If the Russian Olympic Committee has withdrawn her name, logically that should be the end of this. Can’t a country choose who they want representing them at the Olympics or is this out of their hands as well? Seems odd if a country can’t control who they send to the Olympics.
She will win the appeal, legally this is a clear case of discrimination based on national of born by IOC.
All is not well.
And more than a scape goat, or the Grandma the village throws into the vulcanos to appease the gods, Efimova and co. are what we in Brazil call the “boi de piranha”: the weak cow shepherds sacrifice upstream in order to save the entire herd downstream…
GO AWAY! JUST GO AWAY! NOW!!! First the East Germans and then the Chinese and then Michelle Smith and then….YOU! GO AWAY!!!!!
I like this photo of Yulia Efimova. A large poster has to be made of it and put on the wall in the hall of every elementary school. So parents can bring their beloved innocent child to it saying:” Look dear, that is how a Cheater looks like”.
I strongly dislike Yulia Efimova and not because she managed to escape the punishment in meldonium case, but because of a lot of lying during this case: she was prescribed this medicine by doctor for still unspecified reason, she wasn’t aware about any warnings and preliminary WADA’s statements about banning meldonium, her health conritions suddenly improved on 1 January, 1016 being the reason of not using meldonium any more, etc, etc,… Read more »
Just give up already! You cheated. Twice. And now your paying for it. Get over it and get out of this sport and work in a pharmacy and sell meldonium or something.
What about Sun Yang? Park?
Jorge – neither of them are Russian, so they’re not directly impacted by anything going on here.
That’s a wrap folks. Yulia seems to have run out of friends. The IOC says she’s not welcome to their big party, Zhukov, Russia’s IOC rep said they won’t appeal, Salo won’t let her train at Trojan and FINA scratches her name off the list. Only one left returning her phone calls is this Mitkov guy who happens to be on the payroll.
Yup, even ROC has accepted IOC rule in full, FINA kicked her out.
Just give it up Yulia!
You’re pretty enough (and with a hot body) to do some modelling work!
I’m not a fan of Efimova at all, but why the f did you make that last statement? A woman’s worth and ability to earn money after retiring from swimming is tied to MUCH more than her looks. Are you saying that she shouldn’t move on if she were ugly?
Why the f are you upset?
Are you telling me that modelling work is either illegal or socially/morally unacceptable?
Are you telling me that Efimova is not pretty? And are you telling me that Efimova shouldn’t do modelling work?
..maybe because she already does do modeling work in LA Todd
“are you saying that she shouldn’t move on if she were ugly” dumbest most irrational comment I have ever heard, so I will only reply the most idiotic way I can think of with a simple “yes”
Thank you!
That’s what I thought too!
Apparently Efimova has done some modelling work:
http://rsport.ru/images/68451/14/684511439.jpg
http://beautifulrus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Yulia-Efimova.jpg
modeling work is just code word for exotic dancer
I certainly did not say that and never intended nor implied that. It didn’t even come across my mind. Honestly!
Well then you have a ways to go to sink to my level….but actually I think it would be interesting to see her on a show like Dancing with the Stars. I wonder how she would be received by the general public.
Yulia just now realising she’s the one whom our elders have selected to toss into the volcano in order to save the village, please the Gods and pacify the peasants (that would be us by the way). Pretty/not pretty is irrelevant.