Russia faces possible total Olympic ban after huge multi-sport doping programme exposed

[smurfy]

[url]http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/36829318[/url]
[quote]Russia should be banned from this summer's Olympics and Paralympics after evidence was found of a four-year, state-sponsored doping programme, says the World Anti-Doping Agency.

A Wada-commissioned report found urine samples of Russian competitors were manipulated across the "vast majority" of summer and winter Olympic sports from late 2011 to August 2015.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide on Tuesday whether to provisionally ban Russia from the Rio Olympics, which start on 5 August.

IOC president Thomas Bach will host a telephone conference call to decide on "provisional measures and sanctions".

He has promised the "toughest sanctions available" and said the findings are a "shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games".[/quote]

To be clear, Russian athletes have already been banned from track and field events and they're now looking at a total ban for Russia from the entire Olympics

[Saxon]

Here I was thinking the IOC didn't have any balls

[Sprockethead]

Maybe they will get to dodge the rio de janeiro bullet.

[Sableye]

Oh no Russian athletes don't get to compete in the horrifying filth that is Rio, damn....

[Luni]

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;50735758]Maybe they will get to dodge the rio de janeiro bullet.[/QUOTE]

With all the drugs they've taken, wouldn't they be the only ones to survive the competitions?

[the tee]

The disgusting part is not that they used doping in Sochi games, but that it was all controlled on governmental level.

I'm still surprised by the reaction here that people tolerate team for not participating in Rio while the real issue is not that. It just shows how much of corrupt gov of Russia really is.

[Pantz Master]

[QUOTE=the tee;50736743]The disgusting part is not that they used doping in Sochi games, but that [B]it was all controlled on governmental level.[/B]

I'm still surprised by the reaction here that people tolerate team for not participating in Rio while the real issue is not that. It just shows how much of corrupt gov of Russia really is.[/QUOTE]
Basically Ivan Drago?

[rndgenerator]

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;50739503]Nah Rio is fine and is a pretty place, it's just Rio's people that is the problem[/QUOTE]
It's a lot more than just people.

[Zonesylvania]

Jesus christ, looking over the article and seeing just how far the rabbit hole went is surreal as shit, even the FSB was in on it apparently

Czar Putin said he'd suspend whoever was involved, but also said that the whistleblower had a scandalous reputation. Reading between the lines the guys who couldn't keep it covered up are now gonna get it (sports minister already got the sack) and Putin is trying to discredit the guy's findings.

[MaximLaHaxim]

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;50739503]Nah Rio is fine and is a pretty place, it's just Rio's people that is the problem[/QUOTE]

Stop trying to push this. It's fucking awful.

[niiiiiiiiok]

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;50739503]Nah Rio is fine and is a pretty place, it's just Rio's people that is the problem[/QUOTE]
Hahahahhahah
You are joking right? Right?

[Jelman]

[QUOTE=niiiiiiiiok;50739705]Hahahahhahah
You are joking right? Right?[/QUOTE]

Gotta be trolling or just in denial

[Tetsmega]

Lucky them.

[Awaken90125]

[QUOTE=Jelman;50740005]Gotta be trolling or just in denial[/QUOTE]

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