Widespread doping usage Russian athletes.

[Sanji Himura]

Full analysis of the caught athletes in the retesting today:

- In 2015, the statute of limitations for testing of banned substances by IOC was expanded from eight to ten years. This meant that the Beijing samples were legal to retest until 2018.

- This wouldn't have been the first time that the Beijing samples were retested. After those games, the IOC retested approximately 1,000 samples for the blood boosting drug CERA. Of those retested, only five were caught, including 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain.

- Nearly 500 samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin have already been retested. the IOC has remained mum on if those retests have produced any new positive cases.

- Five Athletes were caught in retests of the samples of the 2004 Athens games, including men's shot put winner Yuriy Bilonog of Ukraine.

- The IOC is retesting 250 samples from the London games. Like @Dennisch has said, these retests are aimed at those athletes who are planning on competing at Rio. If any are caught under the new tests, the IOC will ban them from competing in the games.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ioc-31-caught-retests-2008-beijing-olympic-samples-39166092

 

[Sanji Himura]

A follow up on the London Retests: 23 have now formally tested positive out of 256 restested. Punishments can not be formally handed out unless their "B" samples also test positive, but safe to assume that their achievements in the London games, as well as their right to participate in the Rio games are very much in doubt.

Related: the link/graphic below shows the number of violations by country as cited in a 2015 report by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

https://www.graphiq.com/wlp/fYL5pmLATyZ

 

[Liquid]

Russia conducted a state-sponsored doping campaign during the Sochi Winter Olympics, the McLaren report determines.

I am shocked. Shocked.

 

[Dennisch]

The WADA is now targeting Russian footballers, including the entire squad of the 2014 World cup. They will re-examine 155 samples, says investigator Richard McLaren.

I wonder if they will ban the organising country from their own WC.

 

[Dennisch]

17 national anti doping agencies want a ban for all Russian athletes for the coming Winter Olympics.

 

[Liquid]

They won't get it. There's too much money at stake.

Organised sports and their agencies are rotten.

 

[Rage Racer]

IOC may allow the Russian athletes to the 2018 Olympics, but under neutral flag.

What the hell does this mean? This is just ridiculous. Looks like politic games all over again.

Russia should boycott these games. There's no way we can let them humiliate our team like this.
Then, fire and punish everyone in the Russian sports agency staff who let this all happen. Because it's not like everyone is clean and no one was caught on doping, of course. But they don't want see clean athletes on the Games, even those who were never caught on doping. According to WADA, they're all automatically guilty because they're Russian athletes.

 

[Sanji Himura]

A Russian Curler caught doping: Source

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ames-suspected-of-doping-source-idUSKCN1G20GX

 

[Dennisch]

A Russian Curler caught doping: Source

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ames-suspected-of-doping-source-idUSKCN1G20GX

For extra brushing power?

 

[Sanji Himura]

Well, the CAS weighed in. Guilty as charged for the curler:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ty-of-doping-violation-says-cas-idUSKCN1G60RB

 

[Dennisch]

And another Russian athlete busted.
Bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva.

It makes you wonder why they take the risk. They're already under heavy scrutiny.

 

[Robin]

This is a picture of her...