Documents obtained by the New York Times have revealed state-sponsored doping of Russian athletes could go back at least decades.

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2. Documents obtained by the New York Times have revealed
state-sponsored doping of Russian athletes could go back
at least decades.
The Times reported a document signed in 1983 by Dr.
Sergei Portugalov, a Soviet sports doctor. The document
had Dr. Sergei saying oral steroids were not enough to
guarantee the performance of the track and field athletes
at the 1984 games (which they later boycotted). Dr. Sergei
recommended injections of three different anabolic
steroids that were stocked at the Research Institute of
Physical Culture and Sports in Moscow.

3. The claims were supported by an interview of Dr. Grigory Vorobiev, a
former Soviet sports doctor, who provided evidence of the doping
claims. Vorobiev, who now lives in Chicago, described a win-at-all-
costs system that was dabbling with performance enhancing drugs as
early as the 1970s. Vorobiev told the Times that Russian athletes used
to routinely ask about performance enhancing drugs and remarked
oral steroids were common on the track team. The former Soviet
sports doctor said he would have been blamed for a sub-par
performance and fired if he had made efforts to convince athletes not
to use drugs.
The documents suggest the anti-doping lab of Russia was colluding
with sports officials for masking apparent doping program's effects.
The letter said there is only one basic reason to reject the injection
form — the lack of definite data about how much time it takes to clear
the body and it further said we will have the official recommendation
and conclusion no later than December 15, 1983.