Russia's anti-doping chief alleges Olympic cheat programme

Fresh allegations of doping have rocked the Russian athletics world, threatening their team's participation in the Rio games this summer.

The former head of Russia's anti-doping lab has alleged that dozens of Sochi athletes including 15 medal winners were part of a secret state-run doping programme.

Grigory Rodchenkov claims competitors were supplied with banned performance-enhancing substances and tainted urine samples were replaced with clean ones.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Can…
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