The information has the effect of a bomb. Seven nations arrived at the Sochi Winter Games with “large quantities of intravenous systems” in their luggage, according to a report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). A revelation of a document from the Russian Ministry of Sports relating to baggage scanned at Sochi airport. “On five occasions, (Russian) security services detected the use of needles and syringes in the neighborhoods of the named national Olympic committees,” assure the independent WADA observers. According to them, the IOC reminded delegation doctors before the start of the Olympics that any intravenous equipment, blood analysis machines or oxygen tanks were not authorized in the Olympic villages. But, according to them, the IOC and the Russian Ministry of Sports lacked the expertise of a professional to be able to better use the digital images taken at the airport, as reflected in the low number of anti-doping controls, only two, which were targeted, based on this type of information. No information has leaked on the seven nations incriminated.
— Published on May 14, 2014
