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Tag: olympics

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December 2019 / Sports

How the World Anti-Doping Agency Betrays Honest Athletes

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Curtis Gillespie

When the highest authority on cheating is compromised, what happens to athletes who play by the rules?

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Photograph by tanner778
Sports / Web Exclusives

When the Games Are Over

August 22, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Thomas Hall

An Olympic medalist’s struggle to find purpose after twenty years as an elite athlete

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Sports / Web Exclusives

Hell on Wheels

August 19, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Anwar Ali

In-line skating’s struggle to become an Olympic sport

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Illustration by Sébastien Thibault
Feature / September 2016

Why Is the Goal More Medals?

August 5, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Thomas Hall

A Canadian medallist on why our Olympic strategy betrays the spirit of the Games

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Photograph by Martin Deutsch
Sports / Web Exclusives

Drug Running

July 25, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Dick Pound

Allowing Russian athletes to compete in this summer’s Olympics erodes the IOC’s position as the moral leader against doping

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