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07-28-2016, 05:27 AM
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Bond between spectator, spectacle weakens
By Paul Hayward They were searching for a way **t to throw Russia out of the Olympics – and they found one, dumping the decision on the individual sports and banning a Russian whistleblower while also inviting her to Rio as a special guest. Russia’s deep political reach should have told us this would happen. The buddy-act between Vladimir Putin and the IOC president, Thomas Bach, is indicative of a much greater distortion in world sport, which the Russians have used to their advantage. External pressure to do with global politics and sport’s utter subservience to money was always going to shape the IOC’s thinking when it came to the era-defining decision on whether to cast Russia out. In the end they came up with a feeble compromise, dropping moral responsibility from a great height on individual federations, who have 12 days to run through the legal minefield of considering each Russian case. Many will lack the staff, legal-back up and resolve to deal with this legal landslide before the Rio opening ceremony. Hiding behind the right of individual athletes **t to be lumbered with collective responsibility for a state sponsored doping programme, the IOC want us to believe they have defended due process against the mob. They have done **thing of the sort - and the clue is Yuliya Stepa**va, who turned whistleblower on doping in Russian track and field but has been told she can**t compete in Rio, unlike dozens of other cheats who will hope that stressed international federations run out of time to properly decide their faith. There is some truth in the assertion that the Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren’s explosive report on systematic Russian doping has **t been tested in court. It is a report rather than a court conviction. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Bond between spectator, spectacle weakens || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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