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Lamine Diack

Lamine Diack

September 23, 2020

Podcast with Russian Doping Whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov + John Capriotti Out at Nike

Russian Doping Whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov are our special guests to talk about their decision to turn on the Russian doping machine. Plus John Capriotti is out at Nike and we look at the final Diamond League meets.

December 18, 2015

Report: Lamine Diack Has Confessed to Seeking 1.5 Million Euros from Russian Athletics Federation; Has Admitted That The IAAF Intentionally Slowed Doping Cases Involving Russian Athletes

The IAAF corruption case just got weirder as French newspaper Le Monde reports that Diack told French police he needed the money to fund opposition to Senegal's then-president, Abdoulaye Wade, during the country's 2012 elections. *MB: Diack confesses to soliciting bribes from Russia.
November 28, 2015

Eugene 2021 Worlds Bid Being Investigated by French Police as Part of Corruption Enquiry Into Lamine Diack

Everything Lamine Diack touched should be investigated but this is the first formal news we've seen that Eugene 2012 is part of the investigation.
November 10, 2015

The 12 Most Interesting / Important Things From The WADA Report on Russian Doping

Don't have time to read all 323-pages of the blockbuster report? Don't worry. We've got you covered with the 12 best points.
November 09, 2015

It's Worse Than We Thought: LRC Reacts To WADA Russian Doping Report

The details are very amusing and depressing.
March 06, 2014

Pre-Meet Press Conference: World Record Attempts For Pearson, Dibaba And Eaton? XC In The Winter Olympics? And Does The Mayor Of Sopot Read LetsRun.com?

(updated with videos) The customary pre-meet press conference was quite interesting. G. DibabaSally Pearson and Ashton Eaton all revealed whether they're going for the $50,000 world record bonus this weekend. Speaking of Pearson, 8-time global hurdles gold medalist Allen Johnson said Pearson is "the best - not one of the best" and "probably the best hurdler I've ever seen in person." Bruny Surin said he thought a Brit - yes, a Brit (James Dasaolu) - would have broken the 60m WR had he not been injured. All of that plus Pentathlon world record holder Nataliya Dobrynska of the Ukraine talks politics, cross-country as a winter Olympic sport and does the mayor of Sopot read LetsRun.com?