Russian athletics begins purge of doping scandal coaches and officials

[Little Tich]

Source: The Guardian

Russia’s athletics federation has met in Moscow to begin what the sports minister said would be a purge of its staff after the country was suspended from international competition over doping.

Russia will undertake reforms and appeal to the International Association of Athletics Federations within three months to return to competition, the sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, said. At stake is the country’s participation at the world indoor championships in March and the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August.

Mutko summoned the presidium of the All-Russia Athletic Federation on Sunday following the IAAF decision to indefinitely suspend Russia because of widespread violations found by a World Anti-Doping Agency commission. Mutko said on Saturday he and the IAAF president, Sebastian Coe, had agreed on a “road map” for reform.

The UK Athletics chairman, Ed Warner, insisted that making Russian athletes miss the 2016 Rio Olympics to ensure a clean Tokyo 2020 Games would be a “price worth paying”.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/15/russian-athletics-begins-purge-of-doping-scandal-coaches-and-officials

[uawchild]

1. Good. It's hard enough keeping sports drug free without the officials encouraging it too. n/t

[weaselbit]

2. liars and cheaters

Meanwhile, Putin lied his ass off when he said it wasn't the truth and that there was no evidence or proof. If it was a lie they wouldn't be enacting reforms.

China's probably worse. You can't surprise inspect them and they hide the evidence.

In the US, unethical individuals cheat.

In China and Russia, the State sponsors it and deflects investigations.

Totalitarian states and repubs have that in common. They have no problem cheating to win.