Russian Federation in jeopardy of being banned from Rio Games

Sir Sebastien Coe-president of the IAAF, appeared on our local news noting that Russia has been asked to respond to allegations by the Anti Doping body of international athletics that the Russian Track and Field Athletes have been involved in a systemic doping scheme that may prevent the Country's team from competing in the Rio games.

Here is one of several articles discussing that

Russia May Be Banned From Track and Field Events at Rio Olympics After Doping Scandal | Complex

TurtleDude said:

Sir Sebastien Coe-president of the IAAF, appeared on our local news noting that Russia has been asked to respond to allegations by the Anti Doping body of international athletics that the Russian Track and Field Athletes have been involved in a systemic doping scheme that may prevent the Country's team from competing in the Rio games.

Here is one of several articles discussing that

Russia May Be Banned From Track and Field Events at Rio Olympics After Doping Scandal | Complex

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It would be a surprise, had the Russians changed that after the demise of the Soviet.

Russian Athletics Ban Recommended by World Anti-Doping Agency


Russia’s doping game gets exposed


The World Anti-Doping Agency has provisionally suspended Russia's drug-testing laboratory in Moscow


Olympic race walker: Russian doping robbed me of my gold medal



Jared Tallent stands next to Russian gold medalist Sergey Kirdyapkin (center) during a London 2012 Olympics medal ceremony.
Tallent says he was robbed of first place by Kirdyapkin, a known drug cheat.

Simpleχity;1065233685 said:

Russian Athletics Ban Recommended by World Anti-Doping Agency


Russia’s doping game gets exposed


The World Anti-Doping Agency has provisionally suspended Russia's drug-testing laboratory in Moscow


Olympic race walker: Russian doping robbed me of my gold medal

Jared Tallent stands next to Russian gold medalist Sergey Kirdyapkin (center) during a London 2012 Olympics medal ceremony.
Tallent says he was robbed of first place by Kirdyapkin, a known drug cheat.

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1976 was the first olympics I really followed closely and I remember Frank Shorter (72 marathon winner-"silver" in 76) and America's top lady swimmer Shirley Babashoff both complain that they lost to dopers. some wrote their runner up finishes to "sour grapes" but one of my best friends-a guy who had the single greatest winning margin in any of the 76 events, said the same thing, so did one of my coaches a few years later when I was at the USOTC as a shooter. well anyway-fast forward to the demise of the Iron Curtain and the unification of Germany. East German trainers and doctors were on trial for doping and harming athletes, and former Champion Swimmer Kornelia Ender was testifying to how her breasts shrank, her voice deepened and her clitoris enlarged as a result of the "vitamins" her trainers were giving her in shots, pills, enemas etc. Unlike some of her counterparts, she was able to have a child. other women suffered ovarian cancer and became sterile due to the massive injections of steroids HGH etc.

The Russians need to be punished but let's not kid ourselves that this starts and ends with Russia. Doping is rife throughout the athletic world and has been for decades.

Higgins86 said:

The Russians need to be punished but let's not kid ourselves that this starts and ends with Russia. Doping is rife throughout the athletic world and has been for decades.

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true-an Irish swimmer whose husband was both a pharmacist and a banned track athlete, won a bunch of medals I believe in the 96 games only to be banned the next year when she refused to submit to (a more advanced) drug test. and of course we have those American cyclists including "Lie strong" Lance and "floyd the faker" who got nailed for doping. sadly cheating is wide spread those the Eastern Bloc sort of elevated it to a real art.