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Nach Ende der Runde sickert dann durch das Vassily Ivanchuk nach seinem Verlust gegen G. Kamsky die Dopingprobe verweigert hat. Auch der Captain der Ukrainer konnte ihn nicht umstimmen. Mal abwarten was passiert, die FIDE Anti-Doping-Bestimmungen sind hier eindeutig.
My German isn't any better than it was 15 minutes ago, but doesn't this say that Ivanchuk refused the anti-doping test? As the poster points out, this could affect the medals in the just-completed Olympiad, even though Ukraine didn't win one.
As a backgrounder, here is what I wrote about the subject in my December 4, 2004 column:
*****FIDE, the World Chess Federation, has implemented controversial
anti-doping regulations. The basic reason for the controversy is that
no drug or substance has been identified or even proposed as enhancing
of performance. The reason for drug testing is simply that one senior
IOC official thought it was suitable, and FIDE, frightened of losing
its IOC membership, has followed suit. Grandmaster Jan Timman of the
Netherlands has boycotted FIDE competitions because of testing, but at
the Chess Olympics in Calvia, Spain, players for the first time
refused to be tested, and then were punished for their refusal.
Amateur players Bobby Miller of Bermuda, and Shaun Press of Papua New
Guinea refused and had all points scored in the event taken away.
They might have been banned from competition for two years, but
the Doping Panel decided not to take that step.
*****Were performance enhancement an issue, drug testing might become
a necessity in chess. Absent that issue, it is just a dehumanizing
and degrading procedure.
http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/...iad-wrapup.htm
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http://schiridresden.blogspot.com/20...lgien-und.html
Nach Ende der Runde sickert dann durch das Vassily Ivanchuk nach seinem Verlust gegen G. Kamsky die Dopingprobe verweigert hat. Auch der Captain der Ukrainer konnte ihn nicht umstimmen. Mal abwarten was passiert, die FIDE Anti-Doping-Bestimmungen sind hier eindeutig.
My German isn't any better than it was 15 minutes ago, but doesn't this say that Ivanchuk refused the anti-doping test? As the poster points out, this could affect the medals in the just-completed Olympiad, even though Ukraine didn't win one.
As a backgrounder, here is what I wrote about the subject in my December 4, 2004 column:
*****FIDE, the World Chess Federation, has implemented controversial
anti-doping regulations. The basic reason for the controversy is that
no drug or substance has been identified or even proposed as enhancing
of performance. The reason for drug testing is simply that one senior
IOC official thought it was suitable, and FIDE, frightened of losing
its IOC membership, has followed suit. Grandmaster Jan Timman of the
Netherlands has boycotted FIDE competitions because of testing, but at
the Chess Olympics in Calvia, Spain, players for the first time
refused to be tested, and then were punished for their refusal.
Amateur players Bobby Miller of Bermuda, and Shaun Press of Papua New
Guinea refused and had all points scored in the event taken away.
They might have been banned from competition for two years, but
the Doping Panel decided not to take that step.
*****Were performance enhancement an issue, drug testing might become
a necessity in chess. Absent that issue, it is just a dehumanizing
and degrading procedure.
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