Russian anti-doping chief found dead

Polonium wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35575774

The former executive director of Russia's anti-doping agency, Nikita Kamaev, has died, Tass news agency reports.

His reported death comes two months after he resigned his post at Rusada following the doping scandal which engulfed Russian athletics.

Tass quoted Rusada's former director general Ramil Khabriev as saying it appeared to have been a heart attack.

Russia was suspended from international athletics last November.

A commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) accused Russian athletics of state-backed doping, corruption and extortion in an extensive report.

hey...dont assume it was polonium poisoning. you dont know.

couldve been thalium.

these guys aren't messing around!

Just ban Russia from Rio

well that'll send a message wrote:

these guys aren't messing around!

Maybe posters on here won't be so forthcoming with criticism of Coe and the IAAF when they appear reluctant to ban Russia from international competition and the Olympics!?

Putin is a dangerous and unpredictable man who is clearly involved with what is going on in Russian athletics. I certainly wouldn't want to be in Coe's shoes and make the decision to ban them from Rio, which of course isn't his decision in reality.

There are and probably have been things going on behind the scenes that no one on here can even attempt to imagine. Moreover, this is such a political hot potato that there are doubtless national leaders involved. I mean really, if Obama or other leaders decide that Russia must be part of the Olympics, do you really think Coe can go against their wishes?

It will be the leaders of the west who decide whether Russia take part, yet it will be Coe who gets all the criticism. Bit of a poisoned chalice now, imo.

It could either be payback for getting caught or preventive measures to stop testimony or leaks or even payback for leaking information, or all of these. It is surely not natural causes.

His death comes just two weeks after that of Russian Anti-doping agency founding chairman, Vyacheslav Sinev's death.

Is anyone on here naive enough to think this isn't state-sponsored murder?

800 coach wrote:

His death comes just two weeks after that of Russian Anti-doping agency founding chairman, Vyacheslav Sinev's death.

Is anyone on here naive enough to think this isn't state-sponsored murder?

Not state sponsored. More likely rabid fanboys of Russian athletes have their say about investigating their heroes.

This is a warning to the USADA to lay off NOP, or else NOP rabid fanboys will have their say about investigating their heroes.

definitely state-sponsored.

jjjjj wrote:

definitely state-sponsored.

Ever heard of the Soviet Mofia? State-sponsored, NOPe.

jjjjj wrote:

It could either be payback for getting caught or preventive measures to stop testimony or leaks or even payback for leaking information, or all of these. It is surely not natural causes.

Both were capable of implicating Putin in everything... the doping coverups, the bribes to the IAAF... not everything has come out yet and it probably never all will.

Putin will stop at nothing to avoid looking bad...

800 coach wrote:

His death comes just two weeks after that of Russian Anti-doping agency founding chairman, Vyacheslav Sinev's death.

Is anyone on here naive enough to think this isn't state-sponsored murder?

You guys clearly do not follow IOC politics much. Sinev and Kamaev are about average for corruption.

Yes, they were due to be shuffled off the top of the deck for PR reasons, but, they were really about average. Their wives/children will have millions in bribes in the bank.

There's no way they would have turned on the IOC. That's how they got chosen in the first place.

Any stories linking these deaths? Or are people too afraid to talk yet?

On one hand, he could have easily been Litvinenko'ed.

But keep in mind that the typical Russian male these days has the life span of about a fruit fly these days because they can hold their vodka far better than said fruit fly- about 25% of them die before age 55 due to 'natural causes' usually involving natural beverages- and I'm willing to give a 5-10% chance that it was that usual kind of stupidity rather than malice.

I bet the doping went way beyond track and field and now the they can't testify. Not that it would matter as the Kremlin would just deny everything and any investigation would be internal and find nothing wrong. Obviously there is no evidence that it was murder but too convenient to be a coincidence.

800 coach wrote:

His death comes just two weeks after that of Russian Anti-doping agency founding chairman, Vyacheslav Sinev's death.

Is anyone on here naive enough to think this isn't state-sponsored murder?

Once you are in the Nike family, you cannot leave the Nike family.

gov gen wrote:

I bet the doping went way beyond track and field and now the they can't testify. Not that it would matter as the Kremlin would just deny everything and any investigation would be internal and find nothing wrong. Obviously there is no evidence that it was murder but too convenient to be a coincidence.

Maybe he resigned then got depressed then started drinking lots of Russian Vodka became an alchoholic over night and had a heart attack.

polevaultpower wrote:

jjjjj wrote:

It could either be payback for getting caught or preventive measures to stop testimony or leaks or even payback for leaking information, or all of these. It is surely not natural causes.

Both were capable of implicating Putin in everything... the doping coverups, the bribes to the IAAF... not everything has come out yet and it probably never all will.

Putin will stop at nothing to avoid looking bad...

no lose ends. Is the Lamine Diack family next?

Diabalo wrote:

Putin is a dangerous and unpredictable man

not as unpredictable as most POTUS imo

just sayin wrote:

Diabalo wrote:

Putin is a dangerous and unpredictable man

not as unpredictable as most POTUS imo

You misspelled Trump.