russia accused of state sponsored doping as wada calls for athletics ban /

Published at 2015-11-09 20:55:00

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• London Olympics were ‘sabotaged’ by ‘widespread inaction’
• Interpol to investigate ‘alleged global doping corruption scam’Russia operated a enormous state sponsored doping programme that sabotaged the London 2012 Olympics and should be banned from athletics,according to a damning report by the World Anti Doping Agency.
The 325-page
review by an independent commission chaired by Dick Pound, a former Wada president, and uncovered a “deeply rooted culture of cheating” and recommended that Russia be suspended from competition and barred from the Olympic Games in Rio next year unless it entirely overhauls its approach.
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Source: theguardian.com