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Second Russian athlete fails doping test at Winter Games
| “On Feb. 13, her sample was clean. The team’s medical staff did not prescribe the drug to the athlete,” the federation said in a post on its official Facebook page.
“The Bobsleigh Federation of Russia and the athlete herself understand the extent of their responsibility and understand how what has happened can have an impact on the fate of the whole team.”
Earlier this week, Russian curling medalist
| Alexander Krushelnitsky agreed to hand back his mixed-team bronze medal after testing positive for meldonium, which can aid in endurance.
Krushelnitsky’s case shocked the Russian athletes, who are competing at the Games as neutral athletes as punishment over allegations that the sporting powerhouse ran a systematic, state-backed doping program. Moscow denies this.
But his case also raised doubts about whether the violation was intentional because meldonium
| would offer few benefits in curling, which does not involve intense physical exertion.
At that point, there were still Russian hopes that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would go ahead and lift its suspension of Russia’s Olympic committee and allow them to march with the Russian flag at Sunday’s closing ceremony.
That prospect is now severely complicated by the second positive test of a Russian athlete.
| Russia now accounts for two out of four positive tests during the Games.
The IOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The news came a few hours after hundreds of Russian fans roared in celebration when teenage figure skater Alina Zagitova delivered their team’s first gold medal.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-doping/second-russian-athlete-fails-doping-test-at-winter-games-idUSKCN1G712E
| this is just getting ridiculous
| Weren't they banned?
| Does anyone believe that world championships in commercial profi(t)/performance sports works without drugs? You guys don't understand the system. The big money is legalizing doping as it wishes. Russia just does not make good, discrete lobby work for their athletes/junkies.
| >F1 is a competition between mechanics and engineer teams about making the fastest and maneuverable car
>traditional sports are still about slabs of meat moving around by themselves, meds and enhancements are baaaad
something doesn't sum up
| >>161581
I think modifying the body is illegal due to the side effects and to give those that dont a chance. Although a sport series with people taking enhancements as standard would be really interesting
| >>161581
Well, the problem is that some people want to see a fair competition between athletes and not of steroid engineers.
In F1 the engineers competition is part of the sport. That's the reason why people watch it or don't watch it. And also why it has a much higher level of commercialization and corruption.
If Olimpia team could use drugs legally (they even may have patents on it) it would be a whole diffrent event.
I personally prefer amateur sports anyways.
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| PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - A second Russian athlete has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, a major blow for the nation’s hopes of regaining its Olympic status and drawing a line under years of doping scandals.
Bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva tested positive for a heart drug on Feb. 18, five days after a previous doping test returned a negative result for her, the Russian bobsleigh federation said in a statement on Friday.