The Latest on developments in Olympic doping stories. “The claims made in the programme offer real cause for concern, as they contain new allegations regarding attempts to subvert the anti-doping process at the Sochi Games”, WADA President Craig Reedie said in a statement.
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The International Olympic Committee retains its own set of samples, separate from those tested by the Russian lab, and has indicated that it will re-test samples if necessary.
The lab director, Grigory Rodchenkov, detailed a scheme to cover up doping by Russian athletes in Sochi, including the swapping of tainted samples for clean urine.
The IOC says: “These allegations are very detailed and very worrying and we ask the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate immediately”.
On Wednesday (Thursday NZ time), reporting that the New York Times was soon to release its article, Russian news agency TASS cited Russia’s sports minister Vitaly Mutko saying there was an “information attack” on Russian sport. Dr. Rodchenkov was sure to use one milligram of the steroid mixture for every milliliter of alcohol.
He figured out a system to replace the bottle caps, then delivered clean urine – in soda or baby bottles – that had been collected from the athletes before the Olympics.
American filmmaker, Bryan Fogel, is working on a documentary on Dr. Rodchenkov.
Stepanov said Rodchenkov told him there was a “Sochi List” of Russian athletes who had doped.
The 2017 Confederations Cup will be held between June 17 and July 2 at four stadiums in Russian Federation and they are Otkritie-Arena in Moscow, Zenit-Arena in St. Petersburg, Fisht in Sochi and Kazan-Arena in Kazan.
The World Anti-Doping Agency is meeting this week in Montreal, where Russias issues will be discussed. They said there were 2,244 tests on Russian athletes from November 18 through May 5, compared to 6,890 tests during the same period the previous year.
The commission accused certain athletes and sports officials of doping abuse and involvement in other activities related to violations of global regulations on performance enhancing substances.
Delays in deliveries of Russian athletes’ doping samples to laboratories overseas could be attributed to the country’s vast expanse, an official with the Russian sports ministry has said. And some of those officers, when trying to enter Russia’s military bases, were turned away and threatened with having their visas revoked if they returned.
LONDON (AP) – The IOC medical director says the Olympic body “would not hesitate” to retest drug samples from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi if there is evidence that doping controls were manipulated.
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If any of the athletes on the spreadsheet won a medal, their urine sample would be replaced, Rodchenkov said.
