Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko speaks with Reuters during an interview at a sports centre in Moscow, Russia October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
MOSCOW (Reuters) - High jumper Danil Lysenko, suspended for anti-doping violations in a case that rattled Russian sport, has admitted guilt for his offences but said he blames the athletics federation for a plan to forge documents to try to evade punishment.
Lysenko, silver medallist at the 2017 World Athletics Championships, was provisionally suspended in 2018 after recording three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period, once missing a doping test and twice failing to provide his whereabouts to anti-doping authorities.
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