Extra scrutiny on Russian athletes in ’most rigorous’ IOC anti-doping

Russian athletes have been targeted in anti-doping testing ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday.

Russian athletes have been targeted in anti-doping testing ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday.

Over 14,000 tests on more than 6,000 athletes from 61 countries have been carried out by the IOC’s pre-Games anti-doping taskforce, it said. The figures related to the period from April to December 2017.