USOPC chair: Russia decision angered and disappointed people
By EDDIE PELLSDecember 21, 2020 GMT
The chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said the recent decision to reduce doping punishments against Russia “really angered and disappointed many people, including ourselves.”
The statement Monday from Susanne Lyons was part of a newly concentrated effort by the federation to speak up about what it deems a global anti-doping system that it says is not fully protecting clean athletes.
The USOPC board of directors approved a policy at its meeting last week to become a more involved voice in the anti-doping debate.
“We hold concerns that the current status quo deeply threatens the short and long-term prospects of athletes and the Olympic and Paralympic Movements as a whole,” the statement read.