**Breaking** Russia banned from next two Olympics for doping violations

[hlthe2b]

So, will Trump ban our athletes from attending in solidarity with his best bud?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2019/12/09/russia-banned-from-next-two-olympics-for-doping-violations/

The World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee voted Monday to bar Russia from competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

After being banned from the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Russia and its anti-doping agency were conditionally reinstated in September 2018, but Russian officials were caught this year manipulating data from their Moscow anti-doping laboratory and misleading WADA investigators, prompting a new chapter in a years-long doping scheme that continues to roil the international sports community.

As in the 2018 Games, Russians who have not been implicated in the country’s state-sponsored doping scheme will be allowed to compete as unaffiliated athletes. In PyeongChang, 168 Russians competed as “Olympic Athletes from Russia.”

--Developing Story-- More to follow

[Bob Loblaw]

1. Queue the tweeted outrage from Trump

in 3..., 2..., 1. At the very least.

[NurseJackie]

2. Will Trump start his own separate Olympic Games in Mar a Lago and invite Russia?

[TNNurse]

8. He will probably try.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Should be banned from the next 2 elections for installing a DOPE

[Laf.La.Dem.]

6. True and funny!

[StarryNite]

9. LOL!!!

Yes!!!

[Scarsdale]

4. This is interesting.

Screw up athletic competitions, get banned. Screw up US elections, cover-ups ensue. The people in charge of the Olympics are much, much smarter than gop politicians, obviously.

[PJMcK]

5. Russians cheat at everything

It's always been thus.

Trump is an idiot.

[Mike 03]

7. Terrible... Tragic...

[jcgoldie]

10. They are innocent

It was Ukraine! Send Rudy over there to get to the bottom of it!