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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Track & Field IAAF execs explored hush up of Russia doping bans By JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Columnist PARIS — Six years before the IAAF banned Russia, traFN and ¿eOd¶s goYerning body NneZ of doSing so out of FontroO it feared Russian athOetes FouOd die froP abusing bOoodboosting drugs and transfu sions, and of¿FiaOs Fonsidered FoOOaborating with Russians to hide the extent of cheating before the 2012 /ondon OOyPSics, according to internaO docuPents obtained by 7he Asso ciated Press. When the PassiYe scandaO of statesSon sored doSing and coYeruSs in Russia ¿naOOy eruSted in 201, IAAF Oeaders acted as though bOindsided. ³7his has been a shaPefuO waNeuS caOO,´ said Sebastian &oe, the %ritish OOyPSian and new Sresident of the InternationaO Association of AthOetics Federations. %ut as a soShisticated new bOoodtesting SrograP was Oaunched in 200, IAAF tests were aOready SroYiding shocNing insight into the scaOe and graYity of Russian doSing, according to six years of ePaiOs, Oetters and reSorts the AP receiYed froP a Serson inti PateOy inYoOYed in the IAAF¶s antidoSing SrograP. 7he Serson reTuested anonyPity because he wasn¶t aOOowed to reOease the docuPents. At that stage, the test resuOts weren¶t enough on their own to sanction athOetes, but they raise Tuestions about why the orga nization waited six years before suspending Russia, which couOd see its athOetes Piss the Rio de Janeiro OOyPpics in August. ³1ot onOy are these athOetes cheating their feOOow coPpetitors but at these OeYeOs are putting their heaOth and eYen their own OiYes in Yery serious danger,´ Pierre Weiss, the IAAF generaO secretary froP 200611, wrote in an Oct. 1, 200, Oetter to 9aOentin %aOaNhnicheY, the Russian athOetics president banned for Oife froP the sport Oast weeN. Russians ³recorded soPe of the highest YaOues eYer seen since the IAAF started testing.´ 7ests at the 200 worOd chaPpionships, where Russia won 13 PedaOs, ³strongOy suggest a systePatic abuse of bOood doping or EPOreOated products,´ Weiss added. AthOetes are banned froP using transfu sions and the horPone EPO, which boosts OeYeOs of oxygencarrying red bOood ceOOs, arti¿ciaOOy iPproYing perforPance. 7hey can increase the risN of cOots, stroNes and heart attacks. 7he docuPents reYeaO how the IAAF caMoOed Russian of¿ciaOs to act, but aOso used adYances in bOood testing against offenders. 7hey shed Oight on key Munctures in the crisis, which has been Puddied by aOOegations that IAAF and Russian of¿ciaOs took bribes froP athOetes to hide doping. Other ¿ndings — InternaO IAAF papers before the /ondon OOyPpics proposed hiding doping sanctions for Oesserknown Russians. An ApriO 2012 note said this approach couOdn¶t be used for Russia¶s best athOetes because that wouOd aOOow theP to keep ³11 worOd titOes and nuPerous European titOes acTuired under the inÀuence of doping.´ 7he eOite athOetes couOd not be discreetOy rePoYed froP PaMor coPpetitions. — A Sept. 2, 2012, internaO brief for then IAAF President /aPine 'iack estiPated 2 percent of tested Russian eOite athOetes doped. — After the 200 worOds, Weiss toOd %aOakhnicheY that seYen Russians — incOuding two goOd PedaOists — wouOd haYe been forced to sit out the coPpetition if the IAAF had had the saPe ruOes as soPe other sports. %y 2011, the IAAF¶s new testing regiPe was Àagging so Pany suspected Russian dopers that of¿ciaOs expOored breaking their own ruOes and those of the WorOd Anti 'oping Agency by deaOing with soPe cases priYateOy, two notes show. 7he notes proposed bythebook sanctions for eOite Russians OikeOy to win in /ondon, but ³rapid and discreet´ handOing for Oess erknown athOetes whose disappearance froP coPpetition wouOd probabOy go unnoticed. For athOetes who agreed, the IAAF wouOd ³undertake not to pubOish the sanction,´ which wouOd be shortened to two years froP four, according to a 'ec. , 2011, brief that spokesPan &hris 7urner said was sent by IAAF antidoping director *abrieO 'oOOe to 'iack¶s OegaO counseO, +abib &isse. 7he IAAF¶s ethics coPPission has banned 'oOOe for ¿Ye years for what it caOOed an ³inexcusabOe Oack of due care and diOigence´ inYoOYing /iOiya ShobukhoYa, a Parathoner who bOew the whistOe on bOack PaiO, bribery and doping coYerups inYoOYing %aOakhnicheY and others. A second round of ¿ndings are due 7hursday froP a WA'A probe Oed by InternationaO OOyPpic &oPPittee Yeteran 'ick Pound, who toOd AP that docuPents indicating IAAF of¿ciaOs contePpOated not discOosing doping bans were surprising and ³not exactOy in Oine with our ruOes.´ StiOO, the docuPents show the IAAF Oong worked behind the scenes with Russia before its 1oY. 13 aboutface, when IAAF &ounciO PePbers Yoted 221 to suspend aOO Russian athOetes. Russia Pust conYince the IAAF it is changing to be reinstated. Wednesday, January 13, 2016 PIONEERS: *irOs breeze to ninth win of season Continued from 1B he stiOO wants to see his teaP forcing the issue inside Pore on offense, but was happy with the defensiYe effort. ³I think our toughness is getting better, our effort is getting better,´ he said. ³'efensiYeOy we¶re there. We¶re hoOding teaPs to under 0 points a gaPe, that¶s good by Py standards, but we¶Ye got to put the baOO in the hoOe to win soPe gaPes.´ 'eOgado Oed the Pioneers with 12 points, scoring nine in the fourth Tuarter, and tied for the teaP high with ¿Ye rebounds. Zaragoza added six points to go with three assists. It was a coPpOeteOy different story in the girOs gaPe, which was the ¿rst pOayed of the eYening. Both teaPs caPe out Oooking deterPined to giYe the gaPe away as turnoYers Parred the ¿rst Tuarter, but the Pioneers TuickOy nipped their baOO handOing issues and puOOed away for a 23 Oead at haOftiPe. 0ac+i scored 10 of their 1 secondTuarter points off Waitsburg 2 turnoYers Staff photo by E.J. Harris Mac-Hi’s Samantha Tveidt wrestles for control of the ball with Waitsburg’s Ariel Sandau in the Pioneers’ win against the Cardinal on Tues- day in Milton-Freewater. and neYer aOOowed the &ardinaOs to entertain thoughts of a coPe back. 7heir Oead baOOooned to 2 points Pidway through the fourth Tuarter before &ardinaOs freshPan 'eYin +arshPan got hot and Pade the score Oook Pore respectabOe. She scored 11 of her gaPehigh 1 points in the ¿naO eight Pinutes and ¿nished with a doubOedoubOe adding 10 rebounds. SaP 7Yeidt paced the Pios with 11 points and Shannon &arter added seYen points to go with her teaPhigh seYen steaOs. 7he Pioneers ¿nished the gaPe with 23 steaOs and heOd the &ardinaOs to 10for3 26.3 percent ¿eOd goaO shooting whiOe connecting on 1of36 .2 percent. 7hat was without senior post Sydney Richwine, who routineOy Oeads the teaP in scoring. ³Sydney tweaked her knee 0onday in practice and we¶re hoping she¶OO be back soon, we Must didn¶t want to push it tonight with our ¿rst Oeague gaPe coPing up,´ said 0ac+i coach Brooke *arton. ³I haYe soPe other reaOOy great posts and they stepped up and pOayed weOO tonight. 7he best part about this group is they pOay weOO as a teaP and they¶re pretty cohesiYe, so if one girO can¶t pOay or gets into fouO troubOe there¶s other girOs that can step in and do a great Mob.´ 7Yeidt, a fouryear Yarsity pOayer, said that great teaP chePistry has her excited to get into *O/ pOay and see what they can do. ³Before this year, we reaOOy didn¶t reaOOy haYe that strong of teaP chePistry and now we do and it shows it out there,´ she said. ³I feeO Oike we¶re ready for Oeague, we Must haYe to keep working on the stuff that we know we can do and not get out of our eOePent.´ 7he Pioneers open *O/ action Saturday at Ontario with girOs tipping off at p.P. 07 and the boys at 30 p.P. ——— Girls WHS (2-8) 5 2 4 17 — 28 M-H (9-5) 8 15 13 12 — 44 WAITSBURG — D. Harshman 14, T. Jones 4, A. Sandua 4, A. Araya 4, T. Hays 3, D. Williams, L. Brannock, M. Forney, G. Pope, C. Mohney, C. Pearson. (10-38) MAC-HI — S. Tveidt 11, B. Smiley 7, S. Carter 7, B. Erb 5, M. Yensen 5, B. Hernandez 4, A. Biggs 3, K. Crisman 2, R. Jones. (17-36) 3-pointers — WHS 2, M-H 0. Free throws — WHS 6-13, M-H 10-19. Fouls — WHS 18, M-H 15. Boys WHS (6-5) 9 10 9 13 — 41 M-H (4-11) 3 6 8 17 — 34 WAITSBURG — J. Dunn 12, M. Montgomery 12, K. Gradwohl 7, L. Callas 6, J. Carter 4, T. Potts, B. Penner, L. Hatield. (17-39) MAC-HI — A. Delgado 12, A. Zaragoza 6, B. Debord 6, H. Yensen 5, L. Garcia 3, M. Garcia, A. Martinez, A. Garcia, E. Garcia, R. Walton. (12-33) 3-pointers — WHS 2, M-H 10. Free throws — WHS 5-11, M-H 0-0. Fouls — WHS 2, M-H 12. STANFIELD: *irOs faOO Must short against &ougars Continued from 1B absoOute controO of the baOOgaPe. FOores hit a 3pointer during the run, Brody Woods scored four points, and *rogan had ¿Ye points in the deciding run. Echo¶s offense got going a bit in the second Tuarter, but Stan¿eOd was too Puch. &hris 0edrano and &haYez each hit 3pointers — on backtoback possessions — in the second fraPe, but those were answered with buckets by the 7igers. 7he 7igers ¿nished the gaPe shooting 2 percent 26 froP the ¿eOd and 3 percent 1 froP 3point range. 7he shooting percentages taiOed off in the second haOf, with Stan¿eOd shooting 3 percent 13 and 66 percent 6 in the ¿rst haOf. Echo, PeanwhiOe, had a tough tiPe against Stan¿eOd¶s athOeticisP. 7he &ougars shot Must 2 percent 116 and 1 percent 31 froP deep. 7hey didn¶t shoot a free throw untiO the third Tuarter. Stan¿eOd MuPps back into &oOuPbia Basin &onference pOay Friday with a 30 p.P. in Stan¿eOd against &uOYer. Echo gets back into OOd Oregon /eague pOay with a Friday eYening contest at Powder 9aOOey scheduOed for 30 p.P. ——— SHS (9-2) 24 22 17 6 — 69 EHS (4-11) 5 12 5 6 — 28 Stanield — D. Grogan 20, R. Bailey 15, B. Woods 11, A. Flores 6, J. Carrillo 4, E. Angel 4, J. Garcia 4, T. Monkus 3, A. Nunez 2, L. Moreno, J. Galarza, N. Sanchez, D. Brooks. Echo — M. Thompson 9, C. Chavez 8, B. Gibbs 4, C. Medrano 3, J. Dorn 2, B. Mofit 2, H. Gerkhe, N. Scott, Z. Gerkhe, D. Craig, J. Medrano, T. Mulder. 3-pointers — SHS 7, EHS 3. Free throws — SHS 6-9, EHS 3-4. Fouls — SHS 8, EHS 10. Technical fouls — B. Gibbs (EHS). Girls Basketball ECHO 30, STANFIELD 26 — 7he Echo &ougars nearOy bOew a ninepoint Oead with two Pinutes Oeft 7uesday against Stan¿eOd, but two +annah 0c&arty free throws iced the &ougars 3026 win with Oess than a Pinute Oeft in the fourth Tuarter in a gaPe Stan¿eOd Oed 10 after a Tuarter of pOay. ³I think this was good test for staying PentaOOy in the gaPe and abdicating adYersity,´ Echo coach 0ichaeO Swanson said. ³7hey did weOO.´ .eOsey Ranger Oed the &ougars , 13 with 12 points and six rebounds, and Stan¿eOd¶s <azzPin &haYez Oed aOO scorers with 13 points. 7hough Stan¿eOd 6, 11 outrebounded Echo 331, Echo¶s defense proYed won the gaPe forcing 32 Stan¿eOd turn oYers — 16 of which were steaOs. But a defensiYe Oapse aOPost coPpOeted Stan¿eOd¶s ninepoint coPeback in the ¿naO Pinutes. 'own 216 with four Pinutes and change to go in the ¿naO period, &haYez hit her onOy 3pointer of the night to puOO Stan¿eOd within six at 21. Erika Parks then hit a free throw and Pade a Oayup after an Echo tiPeout, extending the &ougar Oead back to nine. 7hen Brittin Braithwaite coPpOeted a threepoint pOay and &haYez Pade two free throws and Stan¿eOd was down Must four with a Pinute Oeft. Stan¿eOd coach 'anieO Sharp took tiPe to draw up a pOay which didn¶t work, forcing Stan¿eOd to take another tiPeout to aYoid a ¿Yesecond turnoYer. 7his tiPe, the pOay he drew up worked perfectOy as &haYez curOed around the entire court running through three screens to get an open Oayup she Pade with 110 Oeft to cut Echo¶s Oead to two at 226. 7he pOay was designed to perfectOy beat 0ichaeO Swan son¶s defense. Staff photo by Kathy AneyTaylor Swaggart (22), of Echo, eyes the basket as Stanfield’s Yazzmin Chavez (23) defends Tues- day in Echo. After an Echo turnoYer, Stan¿eOd had a chance to tie, but the 7igers gaYe it right back and 0c&arty Pade both to put it away. Stan¿eOd hosts &uOYer on Friday at 6 p.P. and Echo heads to Powder 9aOOey for a 6 p.P. tip on Friday. ——— SHS (5-6, 1-1) 10 2 2 12 — 26 EHS (7-8, 1-3) 9 6 7 8 — 30 Stanield — Y. Chavez 13, B. Braithwaite 5, M. Grifin 2, S. Connell 2, G. Chavez 2, N. Esquivel 2, A. Lemmon, C. Curiel, A. Carrillo, M. Ban- deras, C. Hopper. Echo — K. Ranger 12, T. Swaggert 6, E. Parks 5, H. McCarty 3, L. Cox 2, L. Wiggins 2, D. Tarvin, S. Stone. 3-pointers — SHS 1, EHS 3. Free throws — SHS 7-13, EHS 9-19. Fouls — SHS 15, EHS 13. PREPS: 7en Buckaroos pitch in for win oYer Baker Continued from 1B ——— IHS (5-8, 1-1) 15 18 12 15 — 60 HCHR (2-6, 0-2) 6 4 4 6 — 20 IRRIGON — J. Burns 23, T. Davis 9, B. Aguilera 5, Ramirez 5, Romero 4, Vera 4, McLaughlin 4, Zacarias 2, Luna 2, Rice, Gale. HORIZON CHRISTIAN — Ruiz 6, Finn 5, Becnel 4, Wenz 2, Hicks 2, Carter 1, Stevens, Ryan 3-pointers — IHS 2, HCHR 0. Boys Basketball PENDLETON 82, BAKER 60 — At Baker, the PendOeton Buckaroos used a coPpOete teaP effort to put away the Baker BuOOdogs on 7uesday night. 7en pOayers saw action in the gaPe on 7uesday and aOO ten pOayers scored, Oed by &aden SPith with 2 points. AOO of SPith¶s 2 points caPe in the ¿rst haOf, which was a key to getting the Bucks 6 going. ³We started sOow ... an earOy 60 de¿cit,´ said PendOeton coach .yOe 7edder. ³7hen &aden heated up and we kept feeding the baOO to hiP and he Oed the way with 1 points in that Tuarter.´ 7he Buckaroos next pOay on 7hursday night when they host /a *rande at p.P.. ——— PHS (5-6) 20 29 15 17 — 82 BHS (6-9) 11 15 13 18 — 60 PENDLETON — C. Smith 27, J. Bradt 13, D. Adams 12, M. Foreman 8, J. Stuvland 8, W. Morris 6, J. Peterson 3, R. Russell 2, K. Quinn 2. D. Roe 1. BAKER — L. Sand 22, B. Zemmer 15, B. Smith 7, D. Villalobos 5, T.J. Dunn 4, Team 3, T. Taylor 2, W. Akers 1, G. Berry 1. 3-pointers — PHS 10, BHS 4. Free throws — PHS 10-19, BHS 11-24. Fouls — PHS 19, BHS 17. SUNNYSIDE 81, HERM- ISTON 71 — At Sunnyside, Wash., the +erPiston BuOOdogs faiOed to put together its third straight win, faOOing on the road to Sunnyside on 7uesday night in a nonOeague gaPe. 1o detaiOs were reported. +erPiston ¿nishes up nonOeague pOay on Friday when they host /a SaOOe Prep at p.P. IRRIGON 67, HORIZON CHRISTIAN 35 — At +ood RiYer, the Irrigon .nights ¿nished up its nonOeague scheduOe with a bOowout win on the road on 7uesday night. 1o detaiOs were reported. Irrigon 10, 20 &B& next pOays at PiOot Rock on Friday at 6 p.P. SCOREBOARD Correction Pendleton wrestler Jacob Banks also placed irst in the 285 pound bracket at the Riverside Rumble on Saturday, and his name was omitted from Tuesday’s story. Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday La Grande at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Friday Culver at Stanield, 4:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. La Salle Prep at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 7 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m. Helix at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m. Arlington at Ione, 7:30 p.m. South Wasco vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Fossil), 7:30 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m. Heppner at Culver, 4 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Nyssa at Riverside, 4:30 p.m. Stanield at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m. Pine Eagle at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Joseph, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Horizon Christian at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Mitchell/Spray (at Mitchell), 5:30 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 5:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 6:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Hermiston at Sunnyside (WA), 5:45 p.m. Waitsburg (WA) at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m. Stanield at Echo, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Horizon Christian, 6 p.m. Pendleton at La Grande, 7 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 6 p.m. Culver at Stanield, 6 p.m. Helix at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 6 p.m. Arlington at Ione, 6 p.m. South Wasco vs. Condon/Wheeler, 6 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 1 p.m. Heppner at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 3 p.m. Nyssa at Riverside, 4 p.m. Pine Eagle at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Helix at Joseph, 4 p.m. Wallowa at Echo, 4 p.m. Horizon Christian at Arlington, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler vs. Mitchell/Spray, 4 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 5 p.m. Stanield at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Thursday Pendleton at Ridgeview, TBD Friday Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Hepppner at Oregon Classic (Redmond), 10 a.m. Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Hep- pner at Oregon Classic (Redmond), 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton at Madras, 10 a.m. Hermiston at La Grande, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 8 p.m. Saturday Spokane at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Saturday Spokane at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Football NFL Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Kansas City at New England, 1:35 (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle at Carolina, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Basketball NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOP 25 Tuesday 1. Kansas (14-2) lost to No. 11 West Virginia 74-63. Next: vs. TCU, Saturday. 3. Maryland (15-2) lost to Michigan 70-67. Next: vs. Ohio State, Saturday. 7. Xavier (15-1) beat DePaul 84-64. Next: at Marquette, Saturday. 8. Miami (13-2) lost to No. 13 Virginia 66-58. Next: at Clemson, Saturday. 11. West Virginia (15-1) beat No. 1 Kansas 74- 63. Next: at No. 2 Oklahoma, Saturday. 12. Providence (15-2) beat Creighton 50-48. Next: vs. Seton Hall, Saturday. 13. Virginia (13-3) beat No. 8 Miami 66-58. Next: at Florida State, Sunday. 14. Kentucky (13-3) beat Mississippi State 80- 74. Next: at Auburn, Saturday. 15. Texas A&M (14-2) beat Florida 71-68. Next: at Georgia, Saturday. 17. Iowa State (12-4) lost to Texas 94-91, OT. Next: at Kansas State, Saturday. NBA Tuesday’s Games Indiana 116, Phoenix 97 San Antonio 109, Detroit 99 New York 120, Boston 114 Oklahoma City 101, Minnesota 96 Milwaukee 106, Chicago 101 Houston 107, Memphis 91 Cleveland 110, Dallas 107, OT L.A. Lakers 95, New Orleans 91 Today’s Games Milwaukee at Washington, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Charlotte, 4 p.m. New York at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 5 p.m. Dallas at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 5 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Utah at Portland, 7 p.m. Miami at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 5, Columbus 2 Carolina 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT St. Louis 5, New Jersey 2 Buffalo 3, Minnesota 2 San Jose 4, Winnipeg 1 Chicago 3, Nashville 2 Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 0 Arizona 4, Edmonton 3, OT
