russian athletes

Russian National Anti-Doping Agency head Yuri Ganus speaks to reporters in Moscow in January.

Anti-Doping Agency Cites Russian 'Non-Compliance' With Olympic Testing Procedures

10:35pm November 22, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Russia as a country was banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Its athletes competed under a generic banner. It could happen again in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Luger Albert Demchenko is one of 11 Russian athletes whom the International Olympic Committee banned for life on Friday. He will be stripped of the two silver medals he won at the 2014 Sochi Games.

IOC Bans 11 More Russian Athletes For Life

2:45pm December 22, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The sanctions mean that Russia has lost two more medals from its Sochi count. Some 200 athletes from Russia may compete at the Pyeongchang Games under a neutral flag.

Members of the media read through the pages of Richard McLaren's report looking into doping in Russian athletics, ahead of a press conference Friday in central London.

More Than 1,000 Russian Athletes Involved In Doping Conspiracy, Report Says

12:27pm December 09, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

There was a "systematic and centralised cover up and manipulation of the doping control process" in Russia, an investigation found. The report includes thousands of documents as evidence.

The Russian and the Olympic flags wave during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Russian Track And Field Athletes Barred From Competing In Rio Olympics

6:19pm June 17, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The International Association of Athletics Federations said that despite "good progress," Russia hasn't done enough to address a "deeply rooted culture of tolerance — or worse — for doping."