Official response from Russian Federation on ARD TV feature on doping in Russian Athletics

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Official response from Russian Federation on ARD TV feature on doping in Russian Athletics

Russian Federation response – Press release VFLA

12/05/2014

Russian Athletics Federation said Hajo Zeppelta film, which was released on the German TV channel ARD, a provocation aimed at undermining Russian sport.
As a result, even a cursory viewing of the film once may reasonably doubt the veracity mounted therein materials. In the film are indications five people to the statements which can hardly be trusted, because each of them convicted of doping, and each of them has its own reasons to feel a personal dislike to other athletes, coaches, staff and VFLA RUSADA.

Russian Athletics Federation considers the airing of the film solely as a rough-planned attempt to denigrate the Russian athletics and the entire Russian sports in general.

Federation and led a fierce and uncompromising fight against doping in sport, and intends to do so in the future.

Currently VFLA exploring all the possibilities provided by the Russian and German law, to protect their rights, including the ability to attract those responsible for disseminating defamatory information to legal liability.

President Valentin VFLA Balahnichev

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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