The_Guardian_-_2016-12-29

The report details how the director of one laboratory tampered with urine samples at the Olympics
and provided performance-enhancing drugs to athletes. The operation was assisted by the Federal
Security Service and a deputy sports minister.
Russia has long denied such an operation existed. But a report commissioned by the World Anti-
Doping Agency (Wada) asserted this month that more than 1,000 Russians athletes across more than
30 sports – were involved in or benefited from state-sponsored doping between 2011 and 2015. The
report, authored by a Canadian law professor, Richard McLaren, said the London 2012 Olympics
were “corrupted on an unprecedented scale” due to Russian doping.
After the McLaren report’s publication, the International Olympic Committee said it had opened
disciplinary proceedings against 28 Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Games in Sochi. An
IOC statement read: “At this point in time, these 28 new cases are not AAFs [adverse analytical
findings], like a positive doping test. However, the manipulation of the samples themselves could
lead to an anti-doping rule violation and sanctions.”
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