Doping in other sports

[Flying_Monkey]

Perhaps this is quite telling in that the sponsors read the public reaction (globally) to doping as passive?

Well, certainly to doping by beautiful blonde white women...

 

[400bhp]

Well, certainly to doping by beautiful blonde white women...

Maybe.

Interestingly she is only one of two women in the forbes top 100 sports star earners last year.

 

[albion]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-doping-whistleblower-idUSKCN0US2IM20160114
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/sports/olympics/world-anti-doping-agency-russia-cheating.html

So whistleblowers simply got whistleblowed until things got pushed to the fore elsewhere..
Aside from that, the Sharapova story is more than a bit strange. An innocent mistake or did they think it would be seen to and ignored?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I really hope Lord Seb of Coe gets "found out" as the corrupt prick that he is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36541301

 

[Crackle]

I really hope Lord Seb of Coe gets "found out" as the corrupt prick that he is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36541301

Who will replace him. World sport has lost all credibility now. Fifa, Athletics, Russia, it's beyond parody.

 

[albion]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/17/russia-rio-olympics-ban-doping-iaaf-sebastian-coe

'The world athletics governing body will uphold a ban on Russian athletes imposed in the wake of a state-sponsored doping scandal, the Guardian understands'
'will consider “whether and if individual athletes should be given individual justice”. The IOC executive board will meet over the weekend ahead of the summit.'

Looks like they might have an agreed a work around to let Russia compete, though, by the looks of it, it sets a very bad precedent if you can all simply avoid testing in your own country.

 

[rich p]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36562570

'But individual athletes can compete as neutrals if they prove they are clean.'

How on earth does an athlete, Russian or otherwise, prove that they're clean? The best they can do is to prove that they are clean at a point in time. It doesn't prove that they've not been stuffed the gills with HGH or epo for the last 4 years.

 

[psmiffy]

I suspect that there is a fair few Russians that effectively live outside Russia - tested out of competition in the country they live and train in and the countries that they compete in

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Who will replace him. World sport has lost all credibility now. Fifa, Athletics, Russia, it's beyond parody.

Aha!

I suspect that there is a fair few Russians that effectively live outside Russia - tested out of competition in the country they live and train in and the countries that they compete in

Like Sharapova?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I suspect that there is a fair few Russians that effectively live outside Russia - tested out of competition in the country they live and train in and the countries that they compete in

Yes, testing well away from Russia seems to be a way back in for Russian athletes.

 

[psmiffy]

Like Sharapova?

Yup - I believe she was on a watch list before the ban came into effect

 

[rich p]

Yup - I believe she was on a watch list before the ban came into effect

Tag Heuer, do you mean?

 

[themosquitoking]

Tag Heuer, do you mean?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

2 Russian race walkers appeal to CAS about Rio ban
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_307134/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=KeoHV8l5

 

[HF2300]

Stepanova allowed to compete as an independent:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...r-yulia-stepanova-cleared-neutral-athlete-rio