covering up of tests and corruption, a German television documentary
to be broadcast Wednesday night alleged.
The 60-minute documentary titled "classified information - how Russia
makes its winners" by state broadcaster ARD shows secretly filmed
meetings as well as statements from a former employee of the Russian
Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Vitaly Stepanov, and his wife, Yuliya
Stepanova, a middle distance runner currently banned over substance
abuse.
"You can't reach your goals without doping. You must dope, that's how
it works in Russia ... You need aid in order to get medals. And
doping is this aid, forbidden substances," Stepanov told ARD.
RUSADA general director Nikita Kamaev dismissed the allegations while
the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) expressed shock.
"If you look at the facts and what I have seen or heard it is
shocking, of course. What we have to do now is to tackle this without
fear and to make sure that those who were fearless are
protected," WADA general director David Howman said.
WADA founding president Richard Pound said: "This is a comprehensive
and extremely alarming case ... If something is organized in a
category like this in a country then it is a huge problem for the
credibility of international sport and the credibility of the fight
against doping."
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