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- '5 years of disgrace': Russian high jump champ Lasitskene lashes out as World Athletics re-entry saga drags on
Three-time world high jump champion Maria Lasitskene made her anger clear at the ongoing disarray surrounding Russian athletics after the country was handed an extension by World Athletics to finalize its reinstatement plan. - More backtracking: Russian Olympic pair win appeals against doping bansRussian biathletes Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina have had their Olympic suspensions overturned while Vilukhina has had her silver-medal from the 2014 Sochi Games restored after winning their appeal against doping claims.
- Guilty of corruption: Ex-global athletics boss FINED $582,000 but could dodge jail for accepting bribes from suspected drug cheatsLamine Diack, the former head of athletics governing body the International Association of Athletics' Federations, has been given four years in prison and a massive fine alongside his son after being convicted of corruption.
- Disgraced doctor Rodchenkov calls for ‘blanket Olympic ban’ for Russian athletes as he resurfaces with new book to sellFormer Moscow anti-doping laboratory head Grigory Rodchenkov has called for a blanket ban on Russia from next year’s Tokyo Olympics as the doctor re-emerged to speak to the Western media ahead of the publication of a new book.
- 'I only missed THREE drug tests': Sprint champ Salwa Eid Naser claims missing tests is 'NORMAL' in bizarre excuse after suspensionBahraini world champion Salwa Eid Naser has bizarrely claimed that missing a hat-trick of doping tests is no cause for suspicion, shunning accusations of cheating while calling a potential ban "a little stain" on her reputation.
- Absolute power: How WADA became the judge, jury and executioner of world sportsRussia’s four-year sporting ban has demonstrated the extent of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) ability to decide the fate of entire nations in the world of sport. How did a single bureaucracy gain such absolute power?
- WADA’s Russia doping ban is a ‘war of politics’ that ‘robs clean athletes of glory’Russia’s ban from global sports is a punishment rife with politics, analysts told RT. Worse still, political decisions can punish clean athletes, who will be denied the honor of competing for their country.
- WADA has the power to cancel entire countries from sports, despite its flawed methods and arbitrary rulesThe World Anti-Doping Agency is regarded as the top sports authority when it comes to rooting out doping. But experts have pointed out glaring holes in WADA's modus operandi, which cast doubt on its judgement.
- Sports lawyer hopes WADA makes fair decision in ‘political fight’ over doping in Russian sportsThe World Anti-Doping Agency should listen to both sides before punishing Russian athletes for something they have no control over, a prominent Swiss sports lawyer told RT, adding that the scandal seems politically motivated.
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