Shofercia wrote:Geilinor wrote:Sure, sure. WADA is so racist! Everyone hates Russians and they're out to get you!
Quick, someone tell Putin! This affront to Russia cannot stand!
Erm, not sure if you're aware, Geilinor, but banning clean athletes who train in Russia, most of whom are Russian, is racism. If they were to ban the Russian athletes that were caught doping before, that would be fine. But banning clean athletes, i.e. the ones who never doped, solely because they train in Russia, (meaning that most of them are ethnic Russians,) is racism.
Considering the fact that Russian labs have cooperated in helping Russian athletes beat anti-doping checks, too bad. It's not like this has been a few athletes in a single Olympics, Russia has been consistently cheating for decades. Jingoism isn't required as an explanation, it's not like the rest of the world suddenly decided to pick on the poor Russians, the poor Russians have been cheating their asses off for years.