95 of 96 Individual Athletes From McLaren Report Won’t Be Charged

95 of 96 individual athletes named in the McLaren Report will not be sanctioned with anti-doping rule violations after their nations’ anti-doping organizations could not find enough evidence to prove a violation.

That news comes courtesy of the New York Times, which published an excerpt from an internal WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) report last week. The report says the 96 athletes represent 9 different sports. Those 96 athletes were named in the McLaren Reports of 2016, in which independent investigator Richard McLaren told WADA he had uncovered evidence of a massive state-sponsored doping program within Russia that included compromised samples tested in the Moscow WADA lab during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The second report alleged that the program continued past those 2014 Olympics.

The report implicated several athletes whom McLaren’s report suggested could have had positive tests covered up in an elaborate process of sample-switching allegedly used to protect certain athletes from failing tests. However, the New York Times report says all of the information pertaining to the named athletes was provided to “relevant Anti-Doping Organizations,” but that in 95 of the 96 cases, those authorities found that there wasn’t enough evidence to charge individual athletes with anti-doping rules violations.

There was one case where sanctions will be brought. The report doesn’t name the athlete or sport, but indicates that a re-test of samples from the Moscow lab did show the presence of a banned substance and represented enough evidence to charge the athlete.

The internal WADA report also suggests that independent federations (like FINA for swimming) could also order re-analysis of stored samples and that the IOC is doing re-testing of its own.

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crooked donald
7 years ago

Really recommend watching the new documentary Icarus. It was fascinating and frightening (but not surprising) how deep state-sponsored doping goes.

Brad Flood
Reply to  crooked donald
7 years ago

“Really recommend watching the new documentary ICARUS.” (caps are mine for emphasis)

I totally agree with this advice.

I just finished watching this incredibly well done, candid, open and TRUTHFUL documentary about how the McClaren Commission came about. It totally exposes the Russian Government for the sport CHEATS and LIARS they are, and have been since the existence of performance enhancing aids.

THIS IS A MUST WATCH FOR ANYONE EVEN REMOTELY INTERESTED IN CLEAN SPORT!!! (available on Netflix)

G.I.N.A
7 years ago

There us only one person in the world who can be behind everything that is annoying the good citizens of the west . Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin . Nobody does it better .

crooked donald
Reply to  G.I.N.A
7 years ago

We have our own candidates for most annoying.

sven
Reply to  G.I.N.A
7 years ago

I blame Bernie.

G.I.N.A
Reply to  sven
7 years ago

3 ranking House Reps wrote to the relevant authority yesterday to ask that Radio Sputnik DC be investigated for 2016 election interference .

The problem is that it only started broadcasting in July 2017 .

gregor
7 years ago

lol what a joke, more dopers getting away with is as usual

crooked donald
Reply to  gregor
7 years ago

And these were just the ones who were caught. It’s rampant.

BoetMate
7 years ago

Not a surprise that RUSADA, Russian Anti-Doping Agency is not charging their athletes as they either destroyed (evidence of 10,00 samples destroyed) or manipulated samples. WADA can’t charge individual athletes without physical evidence. However the overwhelming evidence of a state sponsored doping program including destruction and manipulation of samples, disappearing positives is still very much intact.

Sean Quinn
7 years ago

Someone needs to be charged, either those 96 athletes or Richard McLaren or NYTimes.

Harry Dresden
Reply to  Sean Quinn
7 years ago

Or you.

SwimHistorian
Reply to  Sean Quinn
7 years ago

McLaren?? Hey, why not also charge SwimSwam?

NickB
7 years ago

…and the hits keep coming…

Harry Dresden
7 years ago

Stunner

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