The Russian Athletics Federation (RAF), previously named the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF; russian: Всероссийская федерация лёгкой атлетики, ВФЛА), is the governing body for the

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in Russia. Its president is Dmitry Shlyakhtin.

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suspended the Russian Athletics Federation from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations. However, Russian athletes were eligible to compete as

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(ANA). , due to the

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, World Athletics has banned all Russian athletes, support personnel, and officials from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, including those with ANA status.

Affiliations and associations

The RAF is the national member federation for Russia in

and the European Athletic Association (EAA). Due to doping allegations, its participation in both organisations has been suspended since 2015.

National records

The RAF maintains the

Russian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Russia maintained by All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF). Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to a longer distance h = hand timing # = not recognised by World Athletics X = unratifi ...

Doping allegations and determinations

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In December 2014, the German broadcaster ARD made wide-ranging allegations of doping in Russian athletics and high-level cover-ups of this. Alleging state involvement in systematic cheating, the documentary accused Russia of an " East German-style" doping programme. These resulted in then ARAF President Valentin Balakhnichev's resignation as Treasurer of the

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(IAAF). In response to this, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commissioned an investigation, the report of which was published on 9 November 2015. The 323-page document, described as "damning" by ''

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'', reported widespread doping and large-scale cover ups by the authorities. It recommended that ARAF be declared non-compliant with respect to the

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, and recommended that the

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not accept any entries from ARAF until compliance was reached. On 13 November, the IAAF council overwhelmingly voted 22–1 in favour of prohibiting Russia from world sports events with immediate effect. Under other penalties against the ARAF, Russia has been also prohibited from hosting the 2016 World Race Walking Team Championships (

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) and 2016 World Junior Championships (

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), and ARAF must entrust doping cases to

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. ARAF accepted the indefinite IAAF suspension and did not request a hearing. ARAF's efforts towards regaining full IAAF membership will be monitored by a five-person IAAF team. On June 21, 2016, the

affirmed the decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations, banning all of the All-Russia Athletic Federation athletes from competing in 2016 Olympics. In 2021, the Russian Athletic Federetion paid a fine of US$2,000,000 to

for infrenging the doping rules: this fine will be used to pay prize money to finalists of Oregon 2022 and Budapest 2023.

Invasion of Ukraine

, due to the

, World Athletics has banned all Russian athletes, support personnel, and officials from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, including those with ANA status.

2016 Summer Olympics qualified athletes denied participation by IAAF

* Men's 400 m –

Pavel Ivashko Pavel Aleksandrovich Ivashko (russian: Павел Александрович Ивашко; born 16 November 1994 in Surgut) is a Russian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He won the silver with the Russian 4 × 400 metres relay The 4& ...

* Men's marathon –

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* Men's 110 m hurdles –

Sergey Shubenkov Sergey Vladimirovich Shubenkov (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Шубенков; born 4 October 1990) is a Russian athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2015 World Champion, two-time European Champion (20 ...

* Men's 400 m hurdles – Denis Kudryavtsev, Timofey Chalyy, Ivan Shablyuyev * Men's 3000m steeplechase –

Ilgizar Safiullin Ilgizar Ilgizovich Safiullin (russian: Ильгизар Ильгизович Сафиуллин; born 9 December 1992) is a Russian athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented his country at the 2013 and 2015 World Ch ...

* Men's 20 km walk – Nikolay Markov * Men's 50 km walk – Roman Evstifeev, Sergey Sharypov * Men's 4x400 – Artem Denmukhametov,

Ilya Krasnov Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." ...

Vladimir Krasnov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Krasnov (russian: Владимир Александрович Краснов; born 19 August 1990) is a Russian track and field sprinter. International competitions See also *List of stripped European Athletics Champio ...

Pavel Trenikhin Pavel Aleksandrovich Trenikhin (russian: Павел Александрович Тренихин; born 24 March 1986) is a Russian sprint athlete. He was born in Serov. International competitions References * 1986 births Living peop ...

* Men's long jump – Vasiliy Kopeykin,

Aleksandr Menkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (russian: Александр Александрович Меньков, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian athlete who competes in the long jump. Career Menkov set a personal best ...

, Sergey Polyanskiy * Men's triple jump – Lyukman Adams, Dmitriy Chizhikov, Aleksey Fyodorov * Men's high jump – Danil Lysenko,

Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Ухов; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). ...

, Daniil Tsyplakov * Men's pole vault –

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* Men's shot put – Maksim Sidorov,

Aleksandr Lesnoy Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lesnoy (russian: Александр Михайлович Лесной; born 28 July 1988) is Russian athlete specialising in the shot put. He won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiad ...

* Men's discus throw – Viktor Butenko * Men's hammer throw – Sergey Litvinov, Aleksiy Sokirskiy * Men's javelin throw – Dmitriy Tarabin * Men's decathlon – Ilya Shkurenyov * Women's 400 m – Antonina Krivoshapka * Women's 1500m – Elena Korobkina, Anna Shchagina * Women's 5000 m – Gulshat Fazlitdinova, Elena Korobkina * Women's 10000 m – Alla Kulyatina * Women's 3000 m steeplechase – Ekaterina Sokolenko, Natalya Vlasova * Women's marathon – Tatyana Arkhipova, Alina Prokopyeva, Sardana Trofimova * Women's 4 × 100 m – Elena Chernyaeva, Anna Kukushkina, Marina Panteleeva, Yevgeniya Polyakova, Kristina Sivkova * Women's 4x400 – Kseniya Aksyonova, Antonina Krivoshapka, Alena Mamina, Yekaterina Renzhina * Women's 100 m hurdles – Yekaterina Galitskaya * Women's 400 m hurdles – Vera Rudakova * Women's high jump – Mariya Kuchina * Women's pole vault –

Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( rus, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 20 ...

, Olga Mullina, Anzhelika Sidorova * Women's long jump – Anna Misochenko, Yuliya Pidluzhnaya * Women's triple jump – Yekaterina Koneva * Women's shot put –

Irina Tarasova Irina Ivanovna Tarasova (russian: Ирина Ивановна Тарасова; born 15 April 1987, Kovrov) is a Russian shot putter. Tarasova's results from the 2012 Olympic Games, where she originally finished ninth, were annulled for doping v ...

* Women's discus throw – Yelena Panova, Yekaterina Strokova, Yuliya Maltseva * Women's hammer throw –

Oksana Kondratyeva Oksana Yurevna Kondratyeva (russian: Оксана Юрьевна Кондратьева; born 22 November 1985) is a Russian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. Her personal best of ranks her in the all-time top ten of the even ...

* Women's javelin throw – Vera Rebrik * Women's 20 km walk – Marina Pandakova, Mariya Ponomaryova, Svetlana Vasilyeva

Renaming

Renamed Russian Athletics Federation.

References

External links

* {{Doping in Russia Athletics in Russia National governing bodies for athletics

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