The International Olympic Committee suspended Russia’s Olympic Committee after investigating claims the Russian government was involved in doping its athletes at the Winter Games in Sochi in 2014.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young discusses the decision with journalist Philip Hersh (@olyphil).
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