Bach defended the IOC's decision saying it "respects the right of every clean athlete around the world" -- something Harting passionately rejects. Gaeb branded the IOC's decision not to allow Stepanova to run in Rio as a "shameless act and a unique tribute to power politics". Harting says the IOC's decision is a set-back in the battle to drive doping from sport and says he "can't understand the decision" which he finds "simply embarrassing". I am ashamed of Thomas Bach," Harting, who has long been a critic of Bach, told SID, an AFP subsidiary. Germany discus thrower Robert Harting in action at the German Athletics championships in Kassel in June 2016"For me, he is a part of the doping system, not the anti-doping system.

Source: Bangkok Post July 26, 2016 14:37 UTC