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World Anti-Doping Agency: Russia Should be Banned from the 2016 Olympics
http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/34765444
http://espn.go.com/olympics/trackand...field-athletes After a long investigation, WADA just released a shocking report today accusing the Russian Federation of running a huge state-sponsored doping scheme, including helping their athletes avoid detection in drug testing. They named 10 Russian athletes and coaches who should be banned for life, and given how corrupt Russia apparently is and the little amount of time remaining to the next olympic games, they also recommend that the IOC ban Russia from competing in Rio. (Not sure if the recommendation is just Russia's track and field team, or all of their athletes) The IOC is not obligated to agree to the recommendation, but there's pressure all over the world on the IOC to hammer Russia. |
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Oh, bullshit. That was a very long time ago, where feelings about doping was far different than it is today, testing was ineffective and caught only the stupid, and cheating was widespread around the world. That level of ambivalence and acceptance simply does not exist anymore.
What Russia is accused of doing in this report is truly bizarre and beyond the pale in the context of how the world feels about doping in 2015.
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You can't look at a state-run doping and test evasion program, and wave your hands and go "bah, every country has cheaters". In the world of doping, what they are accused of doing is not remotely close to being comparable to other nations.
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To claim that we are no different from the Russians, or are not in a position to criticize, is just flatly ignorant.
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I don't know if some other weird country was also bribing that corrupt official, but its not some common accepted practice.
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Fine, you are entitled to your silly opinion on this issue. You are unwilling to consider any facts that contradict the "everyone does it, what Russia is doing isn't weird" narrative that you prefer.
The year is not 1998, and a lot has changed from the time you apparently stopped paying attention to olympic sports.
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