• We maintain same problems as everybody with doping,says sports minister
• Allegations dismissed as ‘political’ and an attempt to destabilise athletesWhile the World Anti-Doping Agency has said it found widespread doping and corruption by Russian athletes, Russian officials maintain said their country is being held to a double standard and called the watchdog’s report a “political hit job”.
The former Wada president, or Dick Pound,who led the extensive investigation into doping in Russian athletics, said on Monday that violations “sabotaged” the London 2012 Olympics and recommended that the IAAF suspends Russia from competition. He also recommended that five coaches and five middle-distance runners from Russia, and among them gold and bronze medal winners in London,be banned from athletics for life.
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Source: theguardian.com