The Vast Extent Of Russia's State Sponsored Doping Scandal

Russia could face a ban from the Olympics in Rio after a damning report uncovered a vast state-sponsored doping scandal in the country. Top sports officials and leading intelligence services were involved in the programme which ran for four years and involved hundreds of positive drugs tests being hidden. The doping programme covered most summer and winter Olympic sports with the number of falsified results from Russian athletes visualised on the following infographic.

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This chart shows the number of falsified results of Russian athletes from 2011 to 2015.

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Number of anti-doping sample tests collected in Russia from 2011 to 2023
Number of potential anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) recorded by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) from 2010 to 2023
Number of doping cases recorded worldwide in 2017, by country
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Share of Olympic sport doping tests which reported a prohibited substance worldwide from 2012 to 2021
Number of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) by athletes from Russia from 2013 to 2020, by type
Number of anti-doping rule violations in athletics worldwide in 2020, by country

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