The IOC faces a momentous decision. If Russia is not excluded the world will not be able to believe in what it sees in the arena at the Olympic Games next month There almost certainly never was an age of innocence in sport. The first recorded case of cheating in the Olympic Games dates from at least 388BC, when a boxer named Eupholus of Thessaly bribed an opponent to feign being knocked out and was sentenced to finance a new golden statue to Zeus for his transgression. And if a modern golden age...
The Guardian view on the Russian doping scandal: no place in Rio for cheats | Editorial
The Guardian - 19 Jul 2016 20:33
The IOC faces a momentous decision. If Russia is not excluded the world will not be able to believe in what it sees in the arena at the Olympic Games next month There almost certainly never was an age of innocence in sport. The first recorded case of cheating in the Olympic Games dates from at least 388BC, when a boxer named Eupholus of Thessaly bribed an opponent to feign being knocked out and was sentenced to finance a new golden statue to Zeus for his transgression. And if a modern golden age...
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