Doping

The Guardian

The International Paralympic Committee says there is a ‘strong chance’ Russia will be banned from the 2018 Winter Games for past manipulation of anti-doping tests

Nado, a group of leading anti-doping agencies, has called for the IOC to stop paying ‘lip service’ to the fight against doping and extend Russia’s Olympic ban

The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games were a subject of many scandals, controversies, and illegal drug uses.

There were many controversies and concerns affecting the 2014 Winter Olympics. There were disputes with Circassians, who demanded the events be cancelled or moved unless Russia apologized for the 19th century Circassian genocide,[1] environmental and economic issues, lack of political stability and governance, and the safety and human rights of LGBT athletes and journalists, in light of Russia's "gay propaganda" laws, which sparked Olympic-focused protests.

This article is about the history of competitors at the Olympic Games using banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs.

Doping in Russian sports is a significant issue. Russia has the most (39) Olympic medals stripped for doping violations – four times the number of the second country.

Seventeen national anti-doping organisations (Nados) demand that Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

A representative group of national anti-doping associations (NADO) have lashed the International Olympic Council for their perceived lenience on Russia and called for the country to be banned from February's winter games in South Korea.

A group of 17 anti-doping leaders wants the Russian Olympic Committee banned from the upcoming Winter Games. In a statement released Thursday, the leaders say "sports leaders and organizations should not be given credentials to the Olympics when they intentionally violate the rules and rob clean athletes."

The investigation provides a new level of detail, implicating more than 1,000 athletes and leaving little doubt about Russia’s state-sponsored cheating.

Each night, said the director of the antidoping lab at the Sochi Games, bottles of urine were passed through a hole in the wall and replaced for testing the next day.

A group of the world's leading national anti-doping organisations have called for Russia to be excluded from the next Winter Olympics over what they are call...

MARTHA KELNER: The man whose explosive report blew the lid off Russian doping has cast serious doubt over whether the country will be ready to compete at the Winter Olympics in 2018.

60 Minutes interviews the couple who revealed their country's state-sponsored system of doping and learns damning new details about the 2014 Winter Games