https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/...a-doping.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
Not clear if any Russian athlete will be in Pyeongchang.
Not clear if any Russian athlete will be in Pyeongchang.
The agency said that its investigations department had been in possession since late October of an electronic file that was long considered a final piece of the puzzle revealing the contours of the doping system. The agency said in a news release that it was confident that the file contained “all testing data” from January 2012 to August 2015 — thousands of drug screenings run on Russian athletes.
The antidoping regulator seized the opportunity on Friday to restate another request: that Russia accept the findings of Mr. McLaren’s inquiry, which confirmed that top government officials and Russia’s Federal Security Service had helped with coordinated cheating.
In statement Wada confirmed that by cross-referencing the new intelligence with the McLaren investigation’s findings in June and December 2016, it had “reinforced” its evidence base.
“Wada continues to stand firmly behind the outcomes of the agency’s independent McLaren investigation,” said Wada president Craig Reedie. “This new intelligence serves to reinforce our requirement of Russian authorities that they too publicly accept the outcomes; so that, we can all move forward in rebuilding public trust and confidence in Russian sport.”
The latest revelation comes only days after an internal Russian investigation blamed Grigory Rodchenkov, the former Moscow Laboratory director who turned whistleblower, for its doping problems. Russia has always denied state-sponsored doping.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Thursday that allegations of a state-sponsored doping program were an attempt to sow discontent ahead of the country’s presidential elections and retaliation for alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
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”It is certainly unfortunate that we keep having this kind of rhetoric despite all the evidence that is now on the table,“ said Niggli. ”We’ve told the Russians the requirement is there for them to acknowledge the findings of the McLaren report.
“I honestly don’t understand why rather than accepting what happened and saying it and change things and move forward and they have done a lot of good work, they have a problem doing the last part.”
Yeah that's a good point. Browsing through various news outlets & commentators on the subject, many seems to think that even if IOC does take action, most likely will it not issue a blanket ban. (Like it didn't issue a blanket ban heading to Rio, leaving it up to the various federations instead.)Thomas Bach says WADA's decision is totally separate from the IOC's decision on whether Russia will take part in the Olympics.
funny approach: "we don't have real proofs, but you should agree with any bs mclaren brings"
If you don't have twitter, better create one now and follow Wagner, Duhamel, Jackie and TSL because its going to be drama galore!
funny approach: "we don't have real proofs, but you should agree with any bs mclaren brings"
It doesn't look good that Russia refuses to hand over the sealed doping tests to WADA.
It doesn't look good that Russia refuses to hand over the sealed doping tests to WADA.
if there was deliberate tampering of tests in an effort to bolster Russian athletes
Thomas Bach says WADA's decision is totally separate from the IOC's decision on whether Russia will take part in the Olympics.
He says Russia may still go even though RUSADA is not restored.
He says to wait until the beginning of December when the IOC will decide.
So it is not over yet!
can you imagine how differently results would be not just in skating but in likely many other sports if Russia didn't compete? crazy to think about. probably all 3 podium spots would be up in the air.
Maybe there can be some kind of alternative competition if it comes to that.
We should restore the Goodwill Games.