By Bill Galluccio
Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 9
Russia will not be allowed to fly its flag, use its name, or play its national anthem at the next two Olympics because of a state-sponsored doping scandal. The ban also applies to any world championships for the next two years and prevents Russia from bidding to host major sporting events.
Russian athletes and teams will be allowed to participate in the rescheduled Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The athletes will compete as neutrals on the condition that they are not subject to a suspension imposed by a competent authority, that the uniform worn does not contain the flag of the Russian Federation and contains the words neutral athlete, and that the Russian national anthem is not played or sung at any official event venue, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said in its ruling.
Russian doping ban not worth paper it s printed on
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Another Russian Olympic ban not worth the paper it s printed on
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Competitors who got caught cheating at the Games in ancient Greece had their likeness carved into stones placed on the pathway to the Olympic Stadium. Apparently, though, shaming folks doesn t carry the sting it once did. The Russians got caught running the biggest state-sponsored doping operation in the history of the planet in 2016, and despite being busted twice since, never really shut it down. And why would they, given their disciplinary history? The first time the International Olympic Committee caught on, it ordered the Russians to keep their flag, anthem and junket-loving officials – but not necessarily their athletes – out of the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang. This is the kind of impression that made: yet another Russian anti-doping lab got busted soon after – for tampering with the very data that was supposed to prove things had changed.