November 11, 2015
Russian athletics doping allegations are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’ as Interpol begin probe into drug use by track and field stars
- World Anti-Doping Authority recommends Russia be kicked out of international competition in wake of widespread doping offences
- A report claims that the London 2012 Olympics were 'sabotaged' by a failure to remove Russian athletes guilty of doping
- Several competitors, including Mariya Savinova-Farnosova and Ekaterina Poistogova have been tipped to receive lifetime bans
- Ex-IAAF president Lamine Diack could be suspended from the IOC after he was alleged to have been complicit in a cover-up of doping
| Among those who could now be banned from competing are Olympic champion Mariya Savinova-Farnosova (left) and bronze medalist Ekaterina Poistogova |
Russia's doped athletes 'sabotaged' the 2012 Olympics and should be banished from future competitions until the country cleans up its act, a bombshell report by the World Anti-Doping Authority has found.
An investigation published on Monday afternoon claims that Russian athletes competed in the London games despite strong suggestions that the country was running a 'state-supported' doping program.
Against the backdrop of a series of explosive allegations, the 323-page publication recommends Russia is declared 'non-compliant' with anti-doping rules, meaning it will be unable to compete in the next Olympic games unless there are significant changes. Releasing the report, co-author Dick Pound warned the revelations were simply 'the tip of the iceberg'.
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Report's Revelations: -Doped Russian athletes were allowed to compete in London due to a 'collective and inexplicable laissez-fair policy' adopted by the IAAF, ARAF and RUSADA -The Moscow testing laboratory director Grigory Rodchenko ordered 1,417 doping control samples to be destroyed, three days before investigators arrived on site -Russian Sports Ministry Vitaly Mutko issued direct orders to 'manipulate particular samples' -Agents from Russia's intelligence service, the FSB, infiltrated anti-doping work at the Sochi Olympics -Staff at the Moscow lab thought it was bugged and there were regular visits from an FSB agent -The report fears other sports in Russia 'may have been affected' by similar claims -The IAAF says it will consider sanctions against Russia, including possible suspension of the national athletics federation -Interpol will now coordinate an investigation into widespread doping in track and field. |
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