Conspiracy on doping tests helps Russian athletes jump as high as kites
09 December 2016 - 14:34
London — More than 1,000 Russian athletes competing in summer, winter and paralympic sport were involved in or benefited from an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive doping tests, a Wada report said on Friday. The second part of a report by Canadian sports lawyer Richard McLaren provided more details of an elaborate state-sponsored doping scheme operated by Russia. It said there was a systematic cover-up, refined at the 2012 Olympics, 2013 world athletics championships and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. More than 30 sports, including soccer, were involved in concealing positive doping samples.
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