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In Soviet Russia, drugs test for YOU

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http://olympics.si.com/olympics/201...-doping-program-report-findings?xid=si_social

Cheat big, or don't bother, right?

The World Anti-Doping Agency has announced the findings of its report into state-sponsored cheating by Russian athletes, confirming that at least 312 positive tests were erased by the nation’s Ministry of Sport over the course of the program, which began in 2011 and continued through the 2015 world swimming championships.

http://olympics.si.com/olympics/201...hi-medalist-investigation-grgigory-rodchenkov

Russian anti-doping experts and members of the country’s intelligence services would also replace urine samples that were tainted by performance-enhancing drugs with clean urine collected months earlier. Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, who was in charge of the testing lab, estimated that as many as 100 dirty urine samples were expunged.

The cocktails consisted of performance enhancing drugs that would help athletes recover faster and improve endurance. Alcohol (Chivas whiskey for men and Martini vermouth for women) was used to speed up absorption of the steroids and shorten the detection window for testing. Dr. Rodchenkov was sure to use one milligram of the steroid mixture for every milliliter of alcohol.
 
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