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CAS Reduces Russia’s Doping Ban to Two Years - New York Times
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Russia doping scandal: Athletes face potential ban
Russia could face an unprecedented four-year ban from major international sporting events over accusations that it manipulated laboratory doping data. The decision will be made later at a meeting
- Did Russian athletes do a state-run doping program?
- PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 5 August 2024. Russian athletes have been top Olympic medal winners for decades, but in 2016, whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov exposed a state-run doping program.
- Did Russian anti-doping system 'catalystically fail' para athletes?
- IPC President Sir Philip Craven described the Russian anti-doping system as "entirely compromised" and 18 July 2016 as "one of the darkest days in the history of all sport", and stated that the Russian government had "catastrophically failed its Para athletes".
- Does Russia have a doping system?
- According to Russian news agency TASS, the Russian sports minister Pavel Kolobkov said that the investigative committee had found no evidence that the state was operating a doping system; that same committee was seeking whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov's extradition from the United States, where he is in witness protection.
- How many Russian athletes have been banned from doping?
- By 26 September 2018, 77 Russians were serving doping bans in the sport of athletics including 72 athletes and five coaches and athlete support personnel. It was announced in November that the International Olympic Committee would further re-analyse stored samples from the 2012 Olympics, testing for all banned substances.
- Did IAAF know about Russian doping before ban?
- "IAAF knew of Russians' rampant doping years before ban: report". CBC Sports. Associated Press. ^ a b c Schwartz, Daniel (13 January 2016). "Whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov describe Russia's sports doping system". CBC News. ^ a b Cherry, Gene (10 May 2016). "Whistleblower nearly aborted efforts to expose Russian doping". Reuters.
- Are Russian biathletes facing systematic doping offences?
- Multiple Russian biathletes were involved in doping offences in run-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The president of the International Biathlon Union, Anders Besseberg, said, "We are facing systematic doping on a large scale in one of the strongest teams of the world."
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