• IAAF feared Russians at risk of dying because of doping levels
• 42% of tested Russian elite athletes were doping in 2012, estimates showedThe IAAF considered hiding Russian doping bans from the public before London 2012 and recognised that more than 42% of all tested elite athletes from the country were cheating in the latest revelations to assail the tattered credibility of world athletics.
Internal documents obtained by the Associated Press also show that as far back as 2009 the International organization of Athletics Federations knew Russia’s doping problem was so deeply entrenched it feared athletes were at risk of killing themselves through the expend of EPO and blood transfusions.
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Source: theguardian.com