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Not just 2014. The IOC pulled the historical samples of urine kept for exactly this sort of reason and verified extensive cheating across every event, every Ol
by otakucode 9y ago
Not just 2014. The IOC pulled the historical samples of urine kept for exactly this sort of reason and verified extensive cheating across every event, every Olympics, going back to 1967. There has not been an honest Russian competitor in the Olympics during the lifetime of most of the people reading this.
- eropple 9y agoCan you provide a cite for this? I wouldn't be surprised, but I can't find anything at hand.
- mkempe 9y agoThere were no Olympic Games in 1967.
- mkempe 9y agoThere are no such retests going back 50 years. "The IOC can hold the bottles for up to 10 years, and can thaw the urine for a retest any time during that window." [1] After that window, it's gone. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/05/22/how-it-works-a-look-at-the-retests-of-olympic-drug-samples/84741634/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/05/22/ho...