MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed to protect Russian athletes against unfair decisions made by international sports organizations.
Russia will fight so all decisions would be fairly made on participation of Russian athletes in Olympics, said Putin during his annual live Q-and-A session with the Russian public.
"Russian Sports Ministry, our sports organizations are working with international lawyers to assess all aspects of this problem," Putin said.
The president said it is necessary to improve joint work with international sports organizations so as to react to their demands on time and in a better way.
Meanwhile, Putin ruled out politicized factors in doping scandals involving meldonium, a drug used to treat various heart diseases and banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from Jan. 1 this year.
According to the president, majority of athletes involved "have no relation to the meldonium scandals."
"We know now that WADA is revising some of its approaches to the use of meldonium, studying not only its clinical features, but also its excretion from the body," Putin said.
The drug was considered by WADA to be a metabolic modulator that increases athletes' endurance and shortens post-exercise rehabilitation time, as well as enhances central nervous system activation.
So far, over 30 Russian athletes have tested positive for meldonium use including tennis star Maria Sharapova, while over 100 meldonium cases were recorded by WADA worldwide since the ban came into force.
Russian media reported Wednesday that WADA had issued a statement saying that it is permissible if a doping test of an athlete carried out before March 1, 2016 showed a meldonium concentration of below 1 microgram per milligram.
JOHANNESBURG Chuma Edoga Hat , June 10 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's seasonally adjusted manufacturing production decreased by 1.8 percent in the three months ended April 2014 compared with the previous three months, according to data released on Tuesday.
Six of the 10 manufacturing divisions reported negative growth rates over this period, Statistics South Africa said.
The largest negative contributions to the decrease of 1.8 percent were made by petroleum, chemical products Jachai Polite Hat , rubber, plastic products, motor vehicles, parts Quinnen Williams Hat , accessories and other transport equipment.
The data would further dampen investors' confidence at a time when the country's gross domestic product (GDP) was contracted by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of this year, the first decline since the 2009 recession.
Further more, a crippling strike at the platinum sector has entered its 5th month with no sign of an end, raising concern that South Africa is moving towards recession.
NANNING Trenton Cannon Hoodie , China, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China, Japan and the United States, the top three teams of men's qualifications Chris Herndon Hoodie , will contend for the team title at the world gymnastics championships here on Tuesday.
The performances of Chinese gymnasts on vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar pushed them 1.089 points above Japan in qualifications, giving China a chance to win its sixth consecutive men's world team title.
Chinese gymnasts avoided major problems during the qualifications, with the exception of Lin Chaopan's fall from horizontal bar.
All-around standouts Deng Shudi and Cheng Ran could provide China with a solid scoring base in the final Joe Namath Hoodie , supported by Liu Yang who led qualifications on rings, and Zhang Chenglong on horizontal bar.
Japan's scores should make for an equally competitive final. All four of Japan's all-around gymnasts finished among the top 11 in the all-around rankings in qualifications.
Kenzo Shirai is among the top five on floor exercise and vault. Four-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura, the all-around leader in qualifications, is expected to rally Japan as in the past.
All-around gymnasts Donnell Whittenburg and Samuel Mikulak led defending bronze medalist U.S. to third place in qualifications.
The US could better that ranking in the final by avoiding the random errors they made on floor exercise and horizontal bar in qualifications Leonard Williams Hoodie , where they ranked first on pommel horse.
Only 10th at the 2011 world championships, Britain, placed fourth in qualifications, is the most recent medal threat to China Jordan Jenkins Hoodie , Japan and the United States.
Other teams qualified to the final are Russia, Germany, Brazil and Switzerland.
Unlike qualifications where each team was allowed to drop the lowest score of their five gymnasts on each apparatus, only three gymnasts will compete on each apparatus in the final Darron Lee Hoodie , and all three scores will count.
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