Whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova hits out at IOC after being banned from Rio

• Athlete who exposed Russian drug programme pays for doping past• Stepanova is set to appeal, claiming the IOC banned her on false premises Yuliya Stepanova, the whistleblower pivotal to the discovery of deep-rooted state-sponsored doping in Russia, has hit out angrily at the International Olympic Committee in the wake of its decision to ban her from competing in Rio. Related: Vladimir Putin and Thomas Bach: the unlikely Olympic power couple Related: Rio 2016: Olympic officials admit more t...