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It's official - Kuksenkov can compete!

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The Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA has now lifted the temporary suspension of Nikolai Kuksenkov, reports R Sport.

This follows on from an announcement by the World agency, WADA, detailing the terms of a possible 'amnesty' for athletes with very low levels of the drug Meldonium in their bloodstream, who had not taken the drug since January.


In related news, Russian team doctor Vladimir Timonkin has explained that the Russian women have not taken Meldonium for some years.  Timonkin says that the benefits of the drug were insufficient to justify its use.  He is a well known and trusted face on the Russian national team, and has been team doctor for fifteen years.


R-Sport's report on the official lifting of Kuksenkov's suspension - http://m.rsport.ru/artist_gym/20160415/913522428.html

WADA ruling on Meldonium excretion rates - implications for Russia - http://rewritingrussiangymnastics.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/wada-ruling-about-meldonium-excretion.html

Interview with Vladimir Timonkin - http://www.mk.ru/sport/2016/04/14/pochemu-khvost-meldoniya-ne-pugal-aliyu-mustafinu.html


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  1. Anonymous16 April 2016 at 14:22

    Yey! At least I get to see this man-candy in Euros and in Rio. Best news of the day!

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  2. Anonymous17 April 2016 at 21:35

    Romainan WAG in 4th at Rio test event with Germany, France and Belgium to go. I know this blog is on Russia, but you should make a post about the sad end of Romanian Gymnastics, and comparing with the situation in Russia.

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  3. Anonymous17 April 2016 at 21:39

    Especially considering how fast Romania has fallen... from 3rd place in 2012. Could the same thing happen to Russia?

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  4. Queen Elizabeth18 April 2016 at 10:24

    I have written a post on this. I do not think Russia will fall in the same way, although the competition formats now make competition results very unpredictable for every country apart from perhaps the USA.

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  5. Anonymous20 April 2016 at 16:10

    In today interview Titov the president of russian gymnastic federation told to media tath Kuksenkov status is waiting the WADa decision on his participation on ECh and OG in Rio :( http://rsport.ru/interview/20160420/914761321.html PS in the end of the interview you can read about Rio chances for Russia teams and Nikolay and Wada difficulties

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    1. Queen Elizabeth20 April 2016 at 16:53

      The article was published today, but I wonder if the interview with Titov took place before the big WADA and RUSADA announcements last week? They seemed to confirm fairly unequivocally that Kuksenkov was in the clear, at least in the immediate future, and it would take some time to report and redact an interview of this length.

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    2. Anonymous20 April 2016 at 17:04

      Interview was today morning about VTB ARENA and most lack WCh 2018 and Infantino Moscow visit. You can find most quotes from it on other russia sources. it's bad for Kuksenkov because VTB has conflict itself with WADA

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    3. Queen Elizabeth20 April 2016 at 18:20

      OK - well we do need to wait for clarification then. There is an article in local Vladimir news saying that Kuksenkov will compete at Europeans so there are conflicting reports ...

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  6. Anonymous25 April 2016 at 10:16

    Well well well.... VRod say today that Komova is ECH team spot contender again :/ ( as Sada and Spyridoz) . But most important news is that Kuksenkov is officially in team for Euro :) sad news is that Ablyazin is in health troubles http://tass.ru/sport/3235857

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