Russian doping ‘a fundamental attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games’, say the IOC

The McLaren report stated that Russian athletes said had "corrupted the London Olympic Games in 2012 on an unprecedented scale".

Russian doping ‘a fundamental attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games’, say the IOC

The International Olympic Committee has described the extent of the state-sponsored doping in Russia revealed by the second report by Richard McLaren as an attack on the integrity of the Olympics.

McLaren's report states that more than 1,000 Russian athletes in 30 Olympic and Paralympic sports were involved in a state-sponsored doping cover-up, which the Canadian law professor said had "corrupted the London Olympic Games in 2012 on an unprecedented scale".

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