You know who accuses others of doing something shady? Someone who's doing something shady.Russian officials accuse United States, other countries of rigging 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Russians are not taking their fifth place finish in the medal count of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics well. Both commentators and officials from the country are accusing the United States and others of rigging the Games. This comes after the Russian Olympic Committee finish fifth in the medal count.
If you include the Russian Olympic Committee results as part of Russia's Olympic history, it is the lowest finish since the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Russian-born athletes competed under the Russian Olympic Committee name at the 2020 Games due to penalties Russia was handed after it was discovered the country was running a doping program.
Russian lawmaker Aleksei Zhuravlyov, according to The Daily Beast, described other competing countries at the Games as "a pack of Russophobic beasts, headed by the United States."
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"These Olympic Games stink," Skabeeva said. "Global sports forever ceased being an honest competition, turning into a cheap political farce. At the behest of Americans, the International Olympic Committee took away two gold medals from Russian."
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/...her-countries-of-rigging-2020-tokyo-olympics/
This sure is a case of the kettle calling the pot black. The reason that the Russian athletes had to compete under the ROC instead of Russia is because Russia was caught cheating*, etc.
*Athletes aren't competing under the Russian flag because of a punishment handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Originally, Russia had been suspended for four years of Olympic action, but in late 2020, that punishment was reduced to two years.
During that two-year period, athletes that weren't involved in the Russian doping scandal are still able to compete in Olympic competition. That's why there are 335 Russians competing in the 2021 Olympics. However, they have to do it as neutrals.
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