An independent report revealing an extensive Russian state-sponsored doping program between late 2011 and Aug. 2015 found at least 312 instances where drug test results were falsified across a total of 28 Olympic sports. The report was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The coverup is thought to go as high up as the Russian deputy minister of sports, who has so far denied any involvement and has now been suspended.
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Dick Pound, founding president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a two-time IOC vice-president, tells The Current‘s Laura Lynch he was impressed how thorough the report was but wasn’t surprised. Pound feels moving forward it’s important the IOC send a clear message. “I think, you know if you have a mantra that drug-free sport zero tolerance for doping, you’ve got to be careful you don’t turn that into zero tolerance for doping unless of course it’s Russia.”
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Sports journalist Mark Johnson says banning Russian athletes to participate in the Olympics “would work potentially as a deterrent to entire nations.”
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