The fate of Russia’s Winter Olympic athletes is in the hands of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will rule on December 5 whether Russia will be banned from the February Olympics in South Korea because of an alleged state-supported doping program.
Investigations and drug tests by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and testimony by several whistle-blowers has led to dozens of Russian athletes being banned for doping, as well as allegations that Russian officials ran a covert doping operation for its Olympic athletes from 2012 to 2015, peaking at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.
