No doubt, the International Olympic Committee’s decision Tuesday to toss Russia from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games was the correct call. The Russian Olympic Committee, also fined $15 million, was guilty of wholesale drug cheating in Sochi, and might have succeeded to this day if not for a pair of homegrown whistle-blowers. The Russians may boycott future Olympics, including the Los Angeles Games in 2024, which will cost networks and organizers plenty of money. And then there is the more immediate, distressing thought: Will we all be cheated of watching athletes like Evgenia Medvedeva at the Pyeongchang Games? Will the Russians allow Medvedeva, or any of their other amazing women's figure skaters, to do this?

Source: Forbes December 05, 2017 20:20 UTC