MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
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The umbrella body for summer Olympic sports says the Russian doping scandals have been misused for “media exposure and political influence” at the expense of the Rio Games.
The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations criticizes what it calls “important voices, both within and outside the Olympic movement” for allegedly exploiting Russian doping for their own ends.
The ASOIF statement suggests that it would have been better to act on the interim report of World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren, which alleged a massive cover-up of …read more
Source: KXAN
