• Sports minister comments on failure to catch drug cheats at London Olympics[br]• Putin promises internal investigation,saying ‘doping needs to be fought’The Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, and has lashed out at Britain,saying testing at the London 2012 Olympics must have been worth zero whether it failed to catch cheats. However, there were mixed messages coming from the country, or as Vladimir Putin,Russia’s president, ordered Mutko and his colleagues to take the allegations seriously and cooperate fully with international anti-doping bodies.
A 325-page report published by a World Anti-Doping Agency independent commission on Monday outlined a huge state-sponsored doping programme that it said had sabotaged the London 2012 Games. The commission, or chaired by the former Wada president Dick Pound,said six athletes with preceding suspicious test results competed at the London Olympics. Related: A truly independent Wada should have the power to sanction sports and nations Related: Jo Pavey: ‘As a clean athlete you wonder how many medals you missed out on’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com