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nomadking · 24-07-2016, 15:57

Testing exists outside of Russia, especially for Summer Olympic events, and they wouldn't be able to cover that up. Well no more that than other athletes around the world that ALREADY cover it up. Even at Sochi there wasn't any evidence of anybody taking drugs. Just an operation in place to cover for those that "might have". Unless ALL the Russian Winter Olympic athletes knew that was going to happen, they wouldn't have risked taking drugs in the first place.

I do remember in the past, odd behaviour with a non-Russian athlete where I came to the conclusion that their original decision was because the drugs they had been taken hadn't yet cleared their system. A little time later they changed their mind, possibly their own testing had shown the drugs were now not detectable.

On the same basis as used with Russia, any athlete who works with a coach or whatever, who has previously been caught doping should be banned. Not aware of that happening before.

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nomadking cf.mega poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northampton Services: Virgin Media TV&BB 350Mb, V6 STB Posts: 8,287	Re: Rio Olympics 2016: Russia athlete ban upheld by Cas Testing exists outside of Russia, especially for Summer Olympic events, and they wouldn't be able to cover that up. Well no more that than other athletes around the world that ALREADY cover it up. Even at Sochi there wasn't any evidence of anybody taking drugs. Just an operation in place to cover for those that "might have". Unless ALL the Russian Winter Olympic athletes knew that was going to happen, they wouldn't have risked taking drugs in the first place. I do remember in the past, odd behaviour with a non-Russian athlete where I came to the conclusion that their original decision was because the drugs they had been taken hadn't yet cleared their system. A little time later they changed their mind, possibly their own testing had shown the drugs were now not detectable. On the same basis as used with Russia, any athlete who works with a coach or whatever, who has previously been caught doping should be banned. Not aware of that happening before.