Sochi Olympic champions are accused of doping

At least four Russian athletes, who received gold medals at the Sochi Olympics, took doping. This was announced by the CBS television channel in the announcement of the 60 minute program, which will be shown on May 8.

In an interview with CBS, a former employee of the Russian anti -doping agency (Rusada) Vitaly Stepanov and his wife, athlete Julia Stepanova, expose violations by athletes of anti -doping rules, which allegedly occur with the support of the state .

As it became known from the announcement, a former employee of the Russian anti -doping agency (Rusada) Vitaly Stepanov contacted Skype with the former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov, who received a shelter in the United States. According to Rodchenkov, the Federal Security Service contributed to a violation of anti -doping rules during the Sochi Olympics in 2014

Stepanov and his wife, athlete Julia Stepanova, previously took part in the filming of the documentary of the German television channel Ard, which was released in December 2014 and was dedicated to the topic of doping.

In November 2015, the Independent Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) published the results of the investigation of the activities of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory, Ruda, the Ministry of Sports of Russia and accused the country of violating anti -doping rules.

Recall that in 2014, the German ARD television channel released a documentary called "Secret Doping: how Russia is seeking victories", which talked about the systematic use of doping by Russian athletes. Already in November of this year, the Independent Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) published the results of the investigation of the ATFLA) of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory, Rusad, the Ministry of Sports of Russia and accused the country of violating anti -doping rules.

Russian athletes were removed from international competitions. The International Associations of Athletics federations said that if the changes in Russian light athletics will not pass, Russian athletes will miss the 2016 Olympics.