New business in Russian sport. In the same vein as the previous ones. Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, now based in the United States, said in the New York Times that “fifteen Olympic medalists« Russians at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games benefited from an organized state doping system. Based on email exchanges with the Ministry of Sports, he cites in particular fourteen members of the cross-country ski team, a double gold medalist bobsledder, Alexander Zubkov, and skeleton specialist Alexander Tretiakov. Immediate reaction from Vitaly Mutko, the Russian Minister of Sports: “These accusations are absurd and baseless. I think these guys are exceptional athletes.” For his part, the head coach of the Russian skeleton team said that “this is all dirty politics. There is nothing true in these statements, they are just rumors. »
— Published on May 13, 2016
