尽管他做出如此评论，国际田联大会仍投票赞成维持禁令。此前，世界反兴奋剂机构 (WADA) 的报告中提及发现了俄罗斯国家赞助使用兴奋剂的证据，禁令于 2015 年 11 月实施。
Despite his comments, the IAAF Congress voted in favor of maintaining the ban, imposed in November 2015 after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report found evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia.