- Rodchenkov himself a key player -Rodchenkov himself developed a three-steroid cocktail provided to Russian sportsmen and women as part of the program. - Government involvement -Rodchenkov said the Russian sports ministry actively guided the doping effort -- a claim Russian officials deny. LOS ANGELES - Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren's report is due on Monday on his investigation into allegations that the Russian government manipulated doping test samples at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to protect Russian competitors. In February, two former close anti-doping colleagues in Russia -- Nikita Kamayev and Vyacheslav Sinev, died. - Clandestine sample switches -Members of the Russian intelligence service helped Russian anti-doping personnel replace drug-tainted urine samples with clean samples to avoid detection, finding a way to access supposedly tamper-proof collection bottles.

Source: Bangkok Post July 17, 2016 19:07 UTC