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In 2010, an employee at the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) began sending information to the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) alleging that Rusada was enabling systemic doping in athletics. The unfolding revelations since have resulted in one of the biggest scandals to ever emerge in the history of the Olympic Games. In July 2016, an independent investigation commissioned by Wada reported that the Russian ministry of sport and the Federal Security Service (FSB) had operated a state-dictated system to cover up positive doping samples of its athletes. The episode resulted in a number of investigations, which have so far led to the banning of the Russian track and field team for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games as well as lifetime bans for a number of high-ranking Russian sports officials.
- World Anti-Doping Agency ‘concerned’ by finding, will appeal result at Court of Arbitration for Sport
- Valieva tested positive for the banned substance in December 2021, before she won gold at the Beijing Olympics
Russian 15-year-old was caught at centre of storm at Beijing Winter Olympics after testing positive for banned substance.
Here’s everything you need to know about doping scandal surrounding 15-year-old Russian figure skater, and her hearing with Court of Arbitration for Sport.
‘Don’t hide your face – perform and defeat everybody,’ Kremlin spokesman tells gold medallist Kamila Valieva, who faces a doping hearing which will decide her Winter Olympics fate.
Norway still sitting pretty but the 12 member nations of the ‘23 club’ no longer have it all their own way as the countdown to Beijing 2022 ticks past the year mark.
From Conor McGregor to Maradona via Oscar-winners like Free Solo and the arrival of online streaming, the 2010s was a vintage decade for sports documentaries.
With Russia banned from competing under its flag for four years, sport officials must commit to zero tolerance of premeditated cheating yet remain fair to the nation’s drug-clean athletes.
Recommendation comes two days before the World Anti-Doping Agency decides whether Russia should be banned again from international competition.
Russia had been barred from international Paralympic competitions since August 2016 over allegations of state-sponsored doping.
