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Russia Banned From 2018 Winter Olympics
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delta1 Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Dec 6 2017, 5:38 PM EST
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The IOC has concluded that Russia has engaged in extensive state sponsored performance enhancing doping in international sporting competitions, and especially at the Sochi 2014 Olympics. As a result, Russia has been banned from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.

The former medical director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency turned whistleblower and provided evidence showing that the Russian govt provided drugs to mask the presence of PEDs and manipulated urine samples of nearly 1,000 Russian athletes from 30 sports since 2012.

Putin is outraged and will appeal the decision. He has vigorously denied providing steroids to the Trump campaign. Trump insists that he and his staffers competed fairly and within the rules...
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#2 Posted: Wed, Dec 6 2017, 10:19 PM EST
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"Russian athletes can compete in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the IOC said Tuesday — but the athletes will have to pass strict scrutiny, and instead of wearing their nation's uniform, they will compete under the title "Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR)."

"They will compete with a uniform bearing this name and under the Olympic Flag," the IOC said. "The Olympic Anthem will be played in any ceremony."


Russia Is Banned From 2018 Olympics; Athletes Told To Compete Under Olympic Flag
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/05/568585759/russia-faces-2018-olympics-ban-as-ioc-rules-on-widespread-doping

No Russian National Anthem played for them.
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#3 Posted: Thu, Dec 7 2017, 12:50 PM EST
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Will Putin have any OARs in the water during the Winter Olympics?

This is the country that our President defends and admires, one he hopes to build a relationship with, whose leader he fawns over....

Wonder if Trump believes that the Russians only cheat on the international athletics stage...or if he thinks this is more "fake news"?
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