From the London Sunday Times:
Rio Olympics hit by new doping scandal
Insight investigation: top team boss demands £10,000 bribe to protect cheating athletes from tests
The Rio Olympics have been plunged into a new doping scandal after the Kenyan team’s track and field manager was secretly filmed offering to protect cheating athletes from the drugs testing authorities.
Major Michael Rotich offered to provide advance warning of drugs tests to athletes in return for a £10,000 bribe during a Sunday Times undercover investigation. He had been expected to lead his team at the opening ceremony in Rio on Friday but failed to turn up on the track after being confronted over the allegations.
More at the site including undercover video and details of the sting. Seems the Russians are known to use doping as well.
Time to call the whole thing off - maybe set up a permanent arena in Greece and maybe one in Switzerland and just have the games there every four years. This would be a lot cheaper and would bring standardization to the events.
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