About this episode

Richard Conway discusses the Russian doping scandal and its impact on the credibility of global sports.

Richard Conway, Managing Partner at SPECTACLE, and former BBC Sport correspondent, describes the vast state-sponsored Russian doping scandal and how the credibility of global sports is being undermined. This episode was originally published on 7 February 2018.

Topics covered

• doping
• Olympics
• sports
• scandal
• Russia

Keywords

• state-sponsored doping
• credibility
• BBC Sport

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