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  • 2017-11-22 (xsd:date)
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  • including measures to ensure equal conditions for all athletes."Back in December 2016 (en)
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  • The next winter Olympics will take place in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang in February 2018, and, it remains an open question whether Russian athletes will be allowed to participate, given the ongoing scandal surrounding charges of systematic doping by Russian athletes.In October 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended the accreditation of a Moscow laboratory used for doping tests after the agency issued a report accusing Russian athletics of systematic state-sponsored use of banned performance-enhancing substances.The following month, WADA suspended Russia’s anti-doping agency, RUSADA, for non-compliance.On November 16 of this year, WADA declared that RUSADA remains non-compliant with the international code. Commenting on the decision, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was previously Russia’s sports minister, told Russia’s Interfax news agency: It has nothing to do with the national team’s participation [in the 2018 Winter Olympics]."That same day (en)
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