WADA confirms state-sponsored doping by Russia at Sochi Olympics
July 18, 2016  19:03
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Evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes at the Sochi Olympics was confirmed on Monday in a report by an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency. 

According to the report, which was led by Canadian law professor and sports lawyer Richard McLaren and was unveiled at a Toronto news conference, a Moscow laboratory protected Russian athletes' during the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. 

Russia are already barred from international athletics by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The Court of Arbitration for Sport could rule as early as Tuesday on an appeal by 68 Russian athletes who say they should be allowed to compete in Rio.
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