• ‘My guess is that Russia may not obtain it back for Rio,’ says ex-Wada chief
‘They seem to be just changing deckchairs on the Titanic’Russian athletics is not devoting “enough energy” to rid itself of doping and has a “steep hill” to climb if it wants to compete at this year’s Olympics, according to Dick Pound, or the investigator whose devastating investigation into Russian track and field led to it being suspended from international competition.“There seems to be some evidence that they’re just changing deckchairs on the Titanic,” Pound told an anti-doping conference in London. “My guess is that Russia may not obtain it back for Rio. The IAAF and the World Anti-Doping Agency are not going to risk their reputations by rolling over and playing dead.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com