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Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics, other major sports events for 4 yearsAssociated Press via FOXDec. 9, 2019The Russian flag and national anthem were banned from next year's Tokyo Olympics and other major sports events for four years on Monday.Russia also risks being stripped of its hosting duties for world championships in Olympic sports after the World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee approved a full slate of recommended sanctions as punishment for state authorities tampering with a Moscow laboratory database.Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in major events only if they are not implicated in positive doping tests or if their data was not manipulated, according to the WADA ruling. ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has imposed a four-year ban on Russia using its flag, anthem and team names at Olympic and other major sports events.WADA's Executive Committee (ExCo) took the decision in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday after it concluded Moscow had tampered with laboratory data.The tampering -- prior to and while the data was being forensically copied by WADA -- included planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. System messages were also fabricated in an effort to hamper the work of WADA investigators.The WADA ExCo's decision to punish Russia with a ban was unanimous, a spokesman for the agency said. The punishment, however, leaves the door open for clean Russian athletes to compete at major international sporting events without their flag or anthem, as was the case during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. ...
World NewsDecember 9, 2019 / 2:04 AM / Updated 29 minutes agoRussia banned from Olympics, World Cup and other big events for cheating over dopingBrian Homewood, Gabrielle Tétrault-FarberLAUSANNE/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years on Monday, a period that includes the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for tampering with doping-related laboratory data. The decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is a serious blow to Russia’s already tarnished sporting reputation and a disappointment for Russian sportsmen and sportswomen, who will not now be able to perform at the Olympics under their own flag and national anthem.WADA’s executive committee in Switzerland acted after concluding that Moscow had tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats. Read more at: Reuters
John Steigerwald @SteigerworldSeveral yrs ago I spoke with a professor at Kent State who smuggled documents out of Russia that showed that the Russian government was deeply involved in providing steroids to their athletes. It included instructions to various coaches on which PEDs to use for their sport8:53 AM · Dec 9, 2019
Nikki Haley @NikkiHaleyMore evidence of the fundamental dishonesty of the Russian government. I saw it every day at the UN.9:20 AM · Dec 9, 2019·
