International Shooting Sport Federation President Vladimir Lisin, one
of Russia's richest men, has been warned that he would not be welcome
if he attended the European Shooting Championships - 10m in Norway
following his country's invasion of Ukraine.
International Shooting Sport Federation secretary general Alexander
Ratner and former vice-president Luciano Rossi are set to contest the
European Shooting Confederation Presidential election after incumbent
and ISSF head Vladimir Lisin opted not to run.
Friday, 28 May 2021
Russia could be stripped of next year s World Shooting Championships after the sport s global governing body reopened the bidding process for the event amid pressure from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
In a letter to its members, seen by
insidethegames, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) said WADA had requested the ISSF to re-examine the possibility to re-assign this event to another National Federation to comply with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling in the Russian doping scandal.
Under the terms of the range of punishments imposed on Russia by WADA and partially upheld by the CAS, the country cannot host major events for the two-year period in which they apply.
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