As an accredited journalist, I worked at two Paralympics - the London 2012 Summer Paralympics and the Sochi Winter 2014 Paralympics. Both times I watched how incredibly athletes with disabilities and boundless spirit overcame themselves and...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommends that all athletes from Russia be barred from the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Such a decision was published on the agency's website following the announcement of a report by the WADA independent commission, which found evidence of doping ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not suspend the Russian national team from participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team was threatened with disqualification due to the use of doping in Russian sports. At the same time, IOC President Thomas Bach expressed serious doubts about the presumption of innocence of athletes from Russia, as well as from Kenya. Every Russian and Kenyan athlete ...