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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums**Breaking** Russia banned from next two Olympics for doping violations
So, will Trump ban our athletes from attending in solidarity with his best bud?https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2019/12/09/russia-banned-from-next-two-olympics-for-doping-violations/
The World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee voted Monday to bar Russia from competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
After being banned from the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Russia and its anti-doping agency were conditionally reinstated in September 2018, but Russian officials were caught this year manipulating data from their Moscow anti-doping laboratory and misleading WADA investigators, prompting a new chapter in a years-long doping scheme that continues to roil the international sports community.
As in the 2018 Games, Russians who have not been implicated in the countrys state-sponsored doping scheme will be allowed to compete as unaffiliated athletes. In PyeongChang, 168 Russians competed as Olympic Athletes from Russia.
After being banned from the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Russia and its anti-doping agency were conditionally reinstated in September 2018, but Russian officials were caught this year manipulating data from their Moscow anti-doping laboratory and misleading WADA investigators, prompting a new chapter in a years-long doping scheme that continues to roil the international sports community.
As in the 2018 Games, Russians who have not been implicated in the countrys state-sponsored doping scheme will be allowed to compete as unaffiliated athletes. In PyeongChang, 168 Russians competed as Olympic Athletes from Russia.
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**Breaking** Russia banned from next two Olympics for doping violations (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Dec 2019
OP
Will Trump start his own separate Olympic Games in Mar a Lago and invite Russia?
NurseJackie
Dec 2019
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Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)1. Queue the tweeted outrage from Trump
in 3..., 2..., 1. At the very least.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)2. Will Trump start his own separate Olympic Games in Mar a Lago and invite Russia?
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)8. He will probably try.
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)3. Should be banned from the next 2 elections for installing a DOPE
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,944 posts)6. True and funny!
StarryNite
(9,459 posts)9. LOL!!!
Yes!!!
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)4. This is interesting.
Screw up athletic competitions, get banned. Screw up US elections, cover-ups ensue. The people in charge of the Olympics are much, much smarter than gop politicians, obviously.
PJMcK
(22,045 posts)5. Russians cheat at everything
It's always been thus.
Trump is an idiot.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)7. Terrible... Tragic...
jcgoldie
(11,638 posts)10. They are innocent
It was Ukraine! Send Rudy over there to get to the bottom of it!