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If a country cheats in the Olympics, who should be punished by the IOC then if they cannot ban the athletes? I think it was worth it for Russia to cheat in the
by dannyr 5y ago
If a country cheats in the Olympics, who should be punished by the IOC then if they cannot ban the athletes?
I think it was worth it for Russia to cheat in the Sochi Olympics. There doesn't seem to be any significant consequence from their violations.
- dragontamer 5y agoThe 11 athletes who cheated at Sochi were banned for life from all Olympic events. The issue is that Russia as a state cheated as well, so its a bit difficult to figure out a proper punishment. They just didn't want to ban the new generation of athletes. A lot of these kids are just 19 years old (aka: they were 13 years old at Sochi). I think banning the cheaters, but not the "next generation" is a good plan.