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I am not a traitor, says Russian whistleblower Stepanova tional conspiracy to conceal positive The International Paralympic doping tests, an independent WADA Committee (IPC) said the full fi ndings tested because I didn’t know how the report said yesterday. of the report were unprecedented and system worked. The second and fi nal part of the astonishing. “I didn’t realise that the management report for the World Anti-Doping “They strike right at the heart of was in on it, that even if you’re caught Agency by Canadian sports lawyer the integrity and ethics of sport,” Par- you won’t be disqualified if your Richard McLaren provided more de- alympic sport’s governing body said coach has connections.” tails of an elaborate state-sponsored in a statement. Stepanova, who was given a two-year doping scheme operated by Russia. Yelena Isinbayeva, the twice Ol- Reuters, London: Whistleblower ban in 2013 for abnormalities in her It said there was a systematic ympic pole vault champion and now Yulia Stepanova has denied being a blood passport, said that suspension cover-up, which was refi ned at the a Russian anti-doping offi cial, how- traitor and said being banned for two made her determined to expose how 2012 Olympics, 2013 world athletics ever, said it was unfair to single out years was the turning-point that led deep the problems in Russian athlet- championships and 2014 Sochi Win- Russia for criticism. her to expose Russia’s state-backed ics had actually spread. ter Olympics, and that more than 30 “If we want to clean up world sport, and systematic doping programme. “It was a turning-point and I had a sports, including soccer, were in- let’s start,” she said. “We don’t need Stepanova secretly recorded Russian choice or rather a second chance,” volved in concealing positive doping to concentrate on just one country. I coaches and athletes describing how she added. “I could return to the samples. think banning clean Russian sports- they used performance-enhancing same system and simply think, okay “We are now able to confi rm a cover men is impractical and unfair.” drugs — evidence used to ban more so they’re lying, but they’ll take me up that dates back until at least 2011 Lawyer Richard McLaren delivers his second and final part of a report for the The original McLaren report, re- than 100 Russian athletes from the back into the national team and pay and continued after the Sochi Ol- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), at a news conference in London yesterday. leased in July, revealed widespread Olympics this year. me money or else I could do the right ympic Games. It was a cover up that state-sponsored doping in Russian She has been called a traitor by her thing.” evolved from uncontrolled chaos to London 2012 and no Russian athlete cow laboratory that dealt with elite sport. former coach Vladimir Kazarin and is She spent the next two years gather- an institutionalised and disciplined tested positive. athletes. The July report found Moscow had currently in hiding in North America ing evidence, driven by the desire to medal-winning conspiracy,” McLaren “Yet the Russian team corrupted the It added that four Sochi gold med- concealed hundreds of positive dop- with her husband Vitaly, a former Rus- expose the truth. told a news conference yesterday. London Games on an unprecedented allists had samples with physiologi- ing tests in many sports ahead of the sian anti-doping off icial. “The reason I was doing it was to “It was a cover-up of an unprec- scale, the extent of which will probably cally impossible salt readings, while Sochi Games and led to a partial ban “In 2007, for the first time my coach show that this was the system,” she edented scale and the second part of never be fully established,” he said. 12 Russian Sochi medallists had evi- of Russian athletes competing in the (Kazarin) started giving me testoster- said. “I just wanted them to admit this report shows the evidence that “The desire to win medals super- dence of tampering with the bottles Rio Olympics in August. one injections,” she told the BBC in an that yes, everyone’s doing drugs, the increases the number of athletes in- seded their collective moral and ethi- containing their urine samples. Although Russian track and fi eld interview. bosses are covering it up. That’s what volved as well as the scope of the con- cal compass and Olympic values of The report detailed how a clean athletes and weightlifters were banned “I did know it was banned, but before was important to me.” spiracy and cover up. fair play. urine bank existed in the Moscow from competing at Rio, the Interna- giving it to me I think my coach Stepanova said she thought telling “We have evidence revealing that “For years international sports laboratory, where salt and coff ee were tional Olympic Committee rejected prepared me well because he was tell- the truth would make things better. more than 500 positive results were competitions have unknowingly been added to clean samples to try to fool a blanket ban and let international ing me stories about how it’s normal, “I don’t consider myself a traitor,” she reported as negative, including well- hijacked by the Russians. Coaches offi cials testing “B samples” in sup- sports federations decide which ath- that’s how it’s done. said. “I simply revealed the shameful known and elite-level athletes, who and athletes have been playing on an posedly tamper-proof bottles. letes should be eligible to compete. “Every night I had a dream that the truth, which our country doesn’t want had their positive results automati- uneven fi eld.” The report included evidence of The evidence contained in the re- doping inspectors were coming to to confront, and the only reason I told cally falsifi ed.” The report said a urine sample- DNA mismatches, where a tampered port can be found at the website: test us, every single night the same the truth about it all, was to try and McLaren said Russia won 24 gold, swapping technique used at Sochi B sample did not match the DNA https://www.ipevidencedisclo- nightmare. I was really afraid of being put a stop to it.” 26 silver and 32 bronze medals at became regular practice at the Mos- of previous specimens and cases of surepackage.net/ BOTTOMLINE STATUS QUO Head of Russian Blatter blasts FIFA chief federation re-elected AFP pended in the wake of the scandal. Moscow Shlyakhtin also saw off competi- tion from ARAF general secretary Infantino over lack of respect Mikhail Butov and high jumper An- ussia’s scandal-ridden ath- drei Silnov. Shlyakhtin, who was first AFP “I am defi nitely not a happy man Never never an answer — never,” said when he held a press conference last letics federation yesterday drafted in at the start of the year as a London (with) what happened with FIFA,” Blatter. December but he went further with re-elected Dmitry Shlya- crisis manager, now faces the mam- Blatter told the BBC. Blatter, who served as FIFA presi- the BBC. “It was 1 November 2015. I khtin president after Yelena moth task of trying to convince the “I have never seen in any company dent for 18 years but was subject to was at the cemetery in my home vil- RIsinbayeva pulled out, as fresh rev- IAAF that Moscow has done enough isgraced former FIFA presi- that the new president..