A U.S. law enforcement official has remarked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal prosecutors are investigating allegations of widespread doping by Russian athletes.
2. A U.S. law enforcement official has remarked the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal
prosecutors are investigating allegations of
widespread doping by Russian athletes.
The official disclosed the probe is more than a year
old that means it predates media reports from
November 2015 that alleged widespread doping by
Russian athletes.
3. Last November, track and field athletes of Russia were
suspended from competing by the International
Association of Athletics Federations. This was after
explosive report by WADA independent commission
alleged widespread doping in Russian athletics. The IAAF
council is scheduled to meet June 17 and Russia's
suspension may well extend to the Rio Olympics.
An investigation into state-sponsored doping by dozens of
Russia’s top athletes has been opened by the United States
Justice Department. The United States attorney’s office for
the Eastern District of New York is scrutinizing Russian
athletes, coaches, government officials, anti-doping
authorities and anyone who might have benefited unfairly
from a doping regimen. Federal prosecutors.