Saturday , December 21 2024
Home / Tag Archives: Russia atheletes

Tag Archives: Russia atheletes

Russia defiant as team slashed to smallest in 104 years

Russia vowed to win a hatful of medals and hit out at the expulsion of some of their top athletes on Thursday as they announced their smallest Olympic team in 104 years after a major doping scandal. Despite drugs investigations which have robbed Russia of nearly a third of its …

Read More »

IOC meet gives hope to ‘clean’ Russian athletes

Take a look at the 10 ways Russian athletes have tried to cheat the system #doping pic.twitter.com/rNN8pJ7NbC — RFE/RL (@RFERL) June 19, 2016 For Russia’s track and field stars, Tuesday’s meeting of Olympic executives may offer the last chance to compete at the Games in Rio de Janeiro. Last week, …

Read More »