Sunday, May 15, 2016

Rio 2016: Russia 'sorry' for cheats but should be allowed to compete

Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko stopped short of admitting the Russian state was complicit in doping
Russia is "very sorry" and "ashamed" of cheating athletes who were not caught by its anti-doping systems, the country's sports minister has said.

Russia was banned from international competition after a damning report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).

But Vitaly Mutko argued not lifting the ban for the 2016 Rio Olympics would be "unfair and disproportionate" and that clean athletes should not be punished.

They will have been rigorously tested by Rio.

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