[Other Sport] Russian doping: IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics

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Russia has been banned from competing at next year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee.

But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag.

It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi.

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It's not the documentary it wanted to be.

 

vegster

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About time they actually acted, so much evidence.

 

vegster

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Will be interesting to see what spin RT put on this.

 

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vegster said:

Will be interesting to see what spin RT put on this.

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'Fake news'?

 

Beach Hut

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Finally doing something about systematic cheating that has been going on for years

 

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I recall seeing the neutral flag but wonder how you can prove you are clean given the state sponsorship

 

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'Fake news'?

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RT will bill it as a systematic attempt by Western powers to blacken the name of Russia's incredibly brilliant athletes using fake drug slurs because they can't accept that Russian athletes are the best in the world. The internal news might have a little problem to deal with. Either all talk of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is airbrushed out or they have to try to explain why the few heroic Russian athletes competing are not wearing national colours ?.... interesting either way.