Russia's hopes of being reinstated suffer further setback as fresh doping allegations emerge about high jump champion Danil Lysenko Champion high jumper Danil Lysenko was predicted gold at Tokyo 2020 But he failed to inform testers about his whereabouts last year, resulting in a ban Fresh documents allege top officials forged documents from doctors The allegations could mean Russia's ban is extended to the Olympics next year
By Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:32 BST, 2 June 2019 | Updated: 00:44 BST, 3 June 2019
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Russia's hopes of being reinstated in time for the World Championships in Doha in September have suffered a further setback with another potential doping scandal involving senior officials and one of their biggest stars.
Reports in Russia and in the Sunday Times allege that officials falsified documents to protect the high jump world indoor champion Danil Lysenko from sanctions for a failure to provide his whereabouts to drugs testers.
According to the reports, the conspiracy extended to inventing a medical facility, using an address that was actually a demolition site.
