Russia assailed in report for doping program beyond Sochi (Yahoo Sports)
”A mind-blowing level of corruption within both Russian sport and government,”’ is what Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, called it. IOC President Thomas Bach called the revelations a ”shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sports and on the Olympic Games” and said the IOC wouldn’t hesitate to apply the toughest sanctions available against those accused of cheating. Meanwhile, Russia’s ”disappearing positive methodology” began in 2011, shortly after Russia’s disappointing performance at the Vancouver Olympics.