More than 1,000 Russian athletes across 30 sports were involved in state-sponsored doping between 2011 and 2015, it has been revealed.
The claims were made in the eagerly anticipated second part of the McLaren Report which was published on Friday morning.
Richard McLaren, who coordinated the investigation into allegations of state-sponsored dopings in Russia, concluded that an "institutional conspiracy" had been at work within the country.
Speaking after the findings had been made public, McLaren said: “We are now able to confirm the findings of the first report: a cover up that dates back to at least 2011 and continued after the Sochi Winter Olympics games. A cover up that has evolved ... and operated on an unprecedented scale.”
“This process [of state-sponsored doping] evolved and was refined at London 2012, the summer University Games at 2013, the Moscow IAAF World Championships in 2013 and of course Sochi 2014.”
He added: "We do have evidence backing up what we said."
source: independent.co.uk
source: independent.co.uk
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