Here's how IOC nailed Russia: Key findings of the Samuel Schmid report on state-sponsored doping
The commission based its findings on an independent report by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren that was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency and published last year.
Dec 06, 2017, 10:28 AM ISTIntroducing Vitaly Mutko: Russia's controversial sports tsar
The 58-year-old Mutko, known for contradictory statements and diatribes against critics of Russian sport, has insisted in the past that Russia will reform its scandal-ridden anti-doping system but has denied state complicity in doping cover-ups.
Dec 06, 2017, 10:13 AM ISTRussian doping an 'unprecedented' attack on Olympics: Thomas Bach
The IOC announced the decision after examining evidence of state-sponsored doping over several years that reached a high-point at the Winter Olympics hosted in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.
Dec 06, 2017, 09:33 AM IST