33 Russians face new doping allegations
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian anti-doping agency says it plans to file doping cases against 33 athletes from a range of sports for using banned treatments from a doctor.
The agency, known as RUSADA, says the suspects who used the unspecified “banned method” include 19 track and field competitors — two of them athletes with disabilities — as well as five cyclists, a boxer and a gymnast.
All of them are from a sports academy in Chuvashia in central Russia, a region known for its track and field squads.
RUSADA says it reported a sports doctor to law enforcement under a Russian law against inducing athletes to dope. However, RUSADA says the case was closed after authorities ruled her conduct wasn’t a crime because she hadn’t been officially informed the treatment was banned.
