McLaren report: More than 1000 Russian athletes implicated in state-sponsored doping

2016/12/9 14:28:39

<The report's author Richard McLaren (centre) said doping took place on "an unprecedented scale"



From BBC Sports, Dec 9, 2016:

 

More than 1000 Russian athletes benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme run for four years from 2011, a new report claims.

 

The final part of the McLaren report implicates four medallists at Sochi 2014 and five from London 2012.

 

Adding more details of the doping it revealed in July, the report described an "institutional conspiracy" involving Russia's secret service.

 

It said the athletes did not act alone but were part of a programme.

 

The report's author, Professor Richard McLaren, who was appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, said the doping took place on "an unprecedented scale".

 

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