Stepanova is a drug cheat and should NOT be allowed to compete in RIO

Stepanova got caught, and then tried to blame the whole country to cover up.

If she'd blamed everyone else before getting caught, like Radcliffe did with all her blaming and excuses covering up what she was doing, then Coe and the IAAF would have covered up for her the same that they're doing for Radcliffe, but now it's too late. Maybe it would help if the Brojos were best friends and had paced her in some races.

I am the Walrus wrote:

People forget, she is a DRUG CHEAT. she could have quit the sport the moment she was given drugs, but decided to take them, play along and cash in.

Yes she blew the whistle after having moved away from Russia to Germany but it still does not erase her illegial behaviour in first place. I am all for whistleblowers (Snowden etc..) and say it is a good thing, but I am also for LIFETIME bans for all drug cheats, NO exceptions! Brojos get a grip

Don't sign that petition

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Crazy how getting busted FIRST makes people do the right thing. She's a drug cheat and a narc...

Maybe we should all band together and send them lots of cash.....

The only long-term solution for breaking up organized doping is through whistleblowers providing inside information. In most cases, these will be people who are actually using the system and the drugs it provides. Fighting criminal activity is a dirty business, and if you moralistic morons expect that only squeaky-clean white knights on silver horses can be allowed, I have news, doping and corruption will only proliferate. Of course, most of you trolls don't really care about the effect of this cancer on our sport.

She was indoctrinated at a young age, was told it was the only path available to her in the sport. She then was thrown out as a sacrificial lamb and told to shut up. She and her family have risked everything in this (where bodies have piled up for less). Her husband is a true hero and she is on the side of the right.

Unfortunately, the real criminals are at the top, and are slopping at the the trough as we can only watch our sport be turned into a circus of debauchery.

Heroes? Seriously?

Did they do the right thing? Sure.

Did they do it for the right reasons..? Who's the moralistic white knight here bruh??

Opportunists through and through.

Unless I'm missing something, her best time since 2010 is a 2:01.31 from 2015, so what's the basis on which she can be said to have qualified for the Olympics and how likely would she be to have any competitive impact on the event?

She has already served out her suspension

Other known drug cheats like Meritt, Gay and Gatlin are also competing in Rio because they have served their suspensions.