Olympics: every Russian athlete banned except for whistleblower and a long jumper

[Caolela]

Sports in general would be much more fun to watch if doping was legal. Watching some hulk throw a javelin a few kilometers or a bike rider going 400 km/h. Much more interesting.

Sports in general have become like WoW rated PvP has become: a contest between those who can cheat the best which are the ones who win.

[Karamaru]

Seems rather over the top that all of them are involved

[oplawlz]

Seems rather over the top that all of them are involved

Not when it comes to olympics - if the country that you represent endorses winning at all costs, then everyone is expected to do it. Maybe other countries dope, maybe not - if they do the burden is on the accusers to prove it. The case against Russia was proven.

Lol at the folks denying it though.

[Forogil]

After winning 7 tour de france titles? That´s how doping agencies are supposed to work?

Well, they are supposed to catch them as early as possible - but it is better to catch them late than never.
However, the USADA is a fairly new organization and I don't see how they could have caught him before they existed. Were they supposed to use a time-machine or?
But they could have worked better - and hopefully will in the future.

RUSADA on the other hand (allegedly) helped athletes cheat during the last Olympics, that's why most Russian athletes are not welcome to the Olympics (and doping rules are getting stricter).
More interestingly the use of "everyone else does it" is one of the normal Russian propaganda tactics.

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Seems rather over the top that all of them are involved

You didn't watch East German "Women" in the Olympics before the wall came down?

[Independent voter]

If you allow corruption at the highest levels of your society it will spread everywhere.

[Austilias]

I was already wondering when would the first "blah blah sports are stupid because nationalism blah blah" crybaby show up.

You can usually put it down to a few seconds, on this website.

[Karamaru]

Not when it comes to olympics - if the country that you represent endorses winning at all costs, then everyone is expected to do it. Maybe other countries dope, maybe not - if they do the burden is on the accusers to prove it. The case against Russia was proven.

yeah that is true.

You didn't watch East German "Women" in the Olympics before the wall came down?

I highly doubt they made TV's for a newly created sperm but in all seriousness yeah it was kinda freaky you would assume they learned their lesson.

[Deleted]

Maybe, but Russia got caught. And it's not like the athletes are doing it of their own accord, the doping is state-sponsored.

Bullshit, some people will believe any nonsense.

[timberx]

Bullshit, some people will believe any nonsense.

Ask Grigory Rodchenkov.