A story from CBS’ “60 Minutes” reported that dozens of
athletes and officials were involved in a doping scheme at the Olympics in
2014, with at least three Russian gold medalists supposedly involved. The
International Olympic Committee will investigate with the World Anti-Doping
Agency to investigate this claim.
Grigory Rodchenkov (former head of Moscow’s Anti-Doping Agency)
was confiding in Russia’s anti-doping agency worker, Vitaly Stepanov, of these
alleged scandals. Stepanov recorded these conversations without Rodchenkov’s
knowledge and reported it to the World Anti-doping Agency. Conversations
included how he was ordered to replace athletes’ tainted samples with clean
urine and that the Russian government was involved in maintaining the secret.
The allegations were very specific, which has raised alarm for some.
Russia’s track team has consequently been banned from
international competitions and the International Association of Athletics
Federations (IAAF) and the decision will be made next month regarding whether
the team will be allowed to compete in Rio. Some people, such as sports Minster
Vitaly Mutko, are defending the athletes and calling the claims to be absurd.
It will be interesting to see what the outcome of these allegations will be.
Jessy Krempp
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