Russia at the Tokyo Olympics Is Still Trying to Be Russia
Caught in a doping scandal, Russia has been stripped of its key identifying markers like a flag or a national anthem. Russia, in fact, isn’t officially competing in Tokyo as a country. Its athletes are competing as ROC, for the Russian Olympic Committee.
In December, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland banned Russia from international sports until the end of 2022 after the World Anti-Doping Agency found it guilty of running a state-sponsored doping program. Clean Russian athletes were allowed to participate in Tokyo, under strict guidelines. The International Olympic Committee said that any deviation from the guidelines could lead to new court cases.
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