Amid Doping Allegations, Russia Looks To Possibly Host 2028 Olympics

Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov told reporters today that his nation is considering a bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Despite Russia being heavily in the mix of a systematic doping scandal, as revealed in the McLaren Report this summer, Zhukov says that the cities of St. Petersburg, Sochi and Kazan could all be candidates potentially brought forth as options to host the world’s largest international summer sporting competition.

Says Zhukov of Russia as an Olympic host, “It’s hard to say now, but why not? I think it’s completely possible to try.” In addition to having hosted the American-boycotted 1980 Olympic Games, Russia has recent Olympic experience. Sochi hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and Zhukov himself is currently serving as Head of the Commission overseeing the 2022 Winter Olympics preparation in Beijing, China.

However, in light of the McLaren Report, the entire Russian weightlifting team was banned from competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, while just one of the 68-member track and field team was able to compete at the event. Medalists from both the Beijing and London Games have been stripped of medals due to now-proven doping, casting a shadow over the entire nation’s athletes across all sports.

The 2024 Games bidding process is still underway, with the cities of Los Angeles, Budapest and Paris still in the running. The host of the 2028 edition would not be selected until at least 2021, although bidding may begin as early as 2019.

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Don
7 years ago

Give it back to the Aussies in 2028.

Sir Swimsalot
7 years ago

You have got to be kidding me.

Ervin
7 years ago

If the ICO is as corrupt at FIFA they’ll end up hosting it lol

G.I.N.A
Reply to  Ervin
7 years ago

Remington Steele’s cousin Christopher , who did the Trump Golden Towers dossier , also did the FIFA research for the FBI . Lets see …..Fifa corrupt & under investigation FBI corrupt & under investigation – how will this guy turn out ? Will it be the trifecta ?

Prickle
7 years ago

Why do you care? In twelve years people will be going on Mars, America will surprised the rest of the world with two new presidents, many of us if still are around will have two new nice buddies that will take care of our minds and interests: Alzheimer and Parkinson. Life will be beautiful. With doping crisis in China and still not transparent situation with this stuff nowadays we had already successful Summer Olympics and will have soon the Winter one.
Sochi in Russia is like Rio in Brazil and everything is already set there as you probably know from multiple reports. St. Petersburg in summer is the place to visit. Russian Tzars had money and taste to make… Read more »

G.I.N.A
Reply to  Prickle
7 years ago

2 Presidents ? They can’t even get 1.

BackstrokerLCM
7 years ago

No

AvidSwimFan
7 years ago

They have no shame whatsoever and until the IOC does something tangible to reprimand them as a whole, they will continue to act like they didn’t do anything, or worse like they are above the rules of FairPlay.

hswimmer
7 years ago

Please no..

hswimmer
7 years ago

Please no..

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