9 ms·

I'm at a bit of loss when it comes to being able to care. Maybe for the athletes that were possibly forced into doping, but otherwise, this is a power struggle

• phicoh 10y ago
  I that for any athlete, being forced out of an olympics is quite a disaster. You only have a few options within the time you are at your best, maybe two or three. I'm not saying that it is unjustified. But you can't just replace competing at the olympics with, say, a world championship.
• balls187 10y ago
  If I read the article correctly, this isn't the IOC that is imposing the ban. It's the IAAF, and for which the IOC needs to comply with. From a different source, the IOC (with IAAF's blessing?) was considering allowing individual Russian Athletes to file an appeal, on the basis that punishing one athlete for the behavior of another is not justice. I'm struggling to come up with a governing sports body that isn't corrupt on some level. As a fan of US professional sports, I've yet to come across an athletic association that wasn't mired in some level of controversy endemic to the organization. High school athletic programs, and even little league baseball have problems with "corruption."