Russia’s flag and anthem will be absent from February’s PyeongChang Games in South Korea as consequence for widespread doping. (Thomas Johnson/The Washington Post)Russia’s flag and anthem will be absent from February’s PyeongChang Games in South Korea as consequence for widespread doping. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. The IOC fined Russia’s Olympic Committee $15 million, which it intends to use to pay for this independent testing authority, as well as for past investigations into Russian doping. Rodchenkov has said he oversaw a state-run doping system that provided hundreds of top athletes with banned performance-enhancing substances for years.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2017 18:49 UTC