Oops They Did It Again: Hackers Release New Docs on Doping, Corruption in Sports

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The hacking group known as Fancy Bears has released a fresh trove of documents related to alleged doping practices by star track and field athletes. The docs, including emails and reports related to ongoing investigations, reveal government involvement in trying to play down violations, as well as patronage for athletes depending on their country.

The documents, released late Wednesday, provide new evidence highlighting the inefficiency and corruption in professional sports doping tests, and the extent to which the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), governments and other agents conspire to interfere in doping investigations or disguise rule violations.

The latest tranche of info, part of Fancy Bears' self-professed campaign against doping and corruption in sports, includes a spreadsheet from the IAAF's Athletics Medical & Anti-Doping Department showing that over forty athletes had their athlete biological passports listed as 'suspicious', with some 18 athletes flagged as 'likely doping' by testers.

The athletes in the spreadsheet include international track and field stars Mohamed Farah of the UK, Kenya's Mary Keitany and Galen Rupp and Evan Jager from the USA. Farah and Rupp's coach, Alberto Salazar, is currently under investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency for illegal schemes under the Nike Oregon Project.

© Photo : IAAF Athletics Medical & Anti-Doping DepartmentIAAF spreadsheet showing dozens of athletes listed as having suspicious athlete biological passports
IAAF spreadsheet showing dozens of athletes listed as having suspicious athlete biological passports - Sputnik International
IAAF spreadsheet showing dozens of athletes listed as having suspicious athlete biological passports

The released email conversations also point to evidence of other scandals, including officials' failure to promptly investigate suspected doping and concealment of prize monies.

Fancy Bears' archive also includes a list of nearly two dozen emails on the case of Italian race walker Alex Schwazer, showing what appears to be active involvement by Italian officials to try to cover up the possible violation of anti-doping rules.

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The archive also includes a selection of emails pertaining to the case of American runner Molly Beckwith-Ludlow, showing what Fancy Bears says is patronage for "some athletes by means of therapeutic use exemptions." Beckwith-Ludlow's files, according to the hacking group, "demonstrate [the] discriminating and cynical nature of the current anti-doping control system."

Fancy Bears began releasing athlete data last year in an attempt to uncover the extent of possible doping in world sports. In April, the IAAF confirmed that they had been hacked in February 2017, and suggested that the information released Wednesday may have been part of the same breach.

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