Russia has been accused of having a enormous ‘state-sponsored doping programme’ by an independent commission that could see the country kicked out of athletics and potentially the Rio 2016 Olympics. The former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency,Dick Pound, who chaired an independent commission convened to look into allegations of systemic doping made by German media 11 months ago, and said the very damaging’ findings were probably the tip of the iceberg. The widespread rule-breaking,he said, was ‘worse than we thought’. Here is a short video explaining the controversyContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com