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Why the Decision to Ban Para-Athletes has Proved Painful for Russian Society

This is a sad and very cruel lesson In late August, 2016 the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the decision of the International Paralympic Committee’s to ban the Russian Paralympic team from competing in the Rio de Janeiro Games. The decision was based on a footnote in the report by the head of the independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission Richard McLaren, where he mentions that Russian para-athletes had been involved in 35 concealed positive doping tests between 2012 and...

08.09.2016

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