The true scale of athletics’ alleged doping cover-up can be laid bare following detailed analysis of the list of competitors with “suspicious” blood values that has sent shock waves through the sport.
Further analysis of the documents shows that many more of the best-known names in the sport provided suspicious blood samples that may not have been acted upon, with the list including:
- 225 athletes from 39 countries.
- Three Britons, as well as a staggering 58 Russians and 25 Kenyans.
- London 2012 champions and gold medallists from other Olympic Games and major championships, current and former world record holders, and serial winners of the world’s biggest marathons.
- Competitors over distances from 400 metres upwards on track, road and cross country, as well as multi-event athletes.
- Several athletes who have been banned for doping.