Russian Olympic doping scandal

National pride is normal and healthy. Ever body involved in sports wants their nation to be dominate. Russia took this desire too far. The Olympics consists of professional sports that athletes from all nations compete in.  Everyone is supposed to be on an even field. For that reason certain drugs are forbidden to athletes. They alter the athletes natural physical skill to where they will beat athletes who follow the rules

Russia took the desire to be dominate too far. Read all the links below to see facts that point to this.
The article on the McLaren report is eye opening.  It shows the way that urine tests were altered. How anyone thought that the use of salt and instant coffee to make substituted urine match the color of the athletes would not be found out. Everyone knows those samples are saved.

The Russians may not have used their brightest to cheat. It was evident they thought the rest of the world would never catch them. Russia had a clean urine bank.  Three of the Sochi samples had salt levels that were physiologically impossible to have come from human beings. Two Russian female hockey players urine samples were tested and shown to have come from males. The McLaren  report concerns 1,166 pieces of evidence. Medals have been stripped from Russian athletes.

The McLaren report lists the Russian agencies involved in this scandal. It would be unusual if Russia did the right thing for the sake of their future athletes. State that they should not have put their athletes in a position to take these drugs. We messed up and will not do so again. There can not be a fire if there is no fuel.

I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_Russia

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dominant

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports/russia-doping-mclaren-report.html?_r=0

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/1000-russia-athletes-doping-systemic-doping-scandal-olympics-sochi-wada/

http://www.bbc.com/sport/38261608

http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/38242347

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rio-2016-olympics/russia-accused-of-biggest-doping-scandal-in-history-at-london-2012-35281303.html

Doping scandal in Russia

The Olympics have one strong purpose. It is to promote unity through sports. The differences between nations in the Olympics were to be set aside. Sports events were meant to be a field where nations competed fairly and equally

Problems can and will develop in all things that man has a hand in.  Rules regarding medications were not followed. This  was hidden in an organised manner.  Somebody forgot that nothing stays buried forever.  Russia will not be the only one  trying to explain them self.

Those responsible for investigations need to finish their job.  Leaks of  information  needs to be stopped. Those guilty need to accept corrective measures and change their actions.  Those who should have been caught but were not need to change their actions. Everyone needs to focus back on the Olympics original purpose.





I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.

http://www.ask.com/sports-active-lifestyle/purpose-modern-olympic-games-aae486f34a25253

http://time.com/4336536/russian-sports-minister-apologizes-doping/

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/10/sport/russia-doping-report-shocking-things/

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-russias-doping-scandal.html

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/17/doj-investigating-russian-doping-scandal-report.html

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/15/russia-apologizes-for-sochi-olympics-doping-scandal.html

http://nypost.com/2016/05/15/russian-doping-scandal-is-another-sign-of-the-downfall-of-global-sports/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/sports/olympics/justice-department-russia-doping-investigation.html?_r=0