Episode
S1 Episode 1 – ROC’s Olympic successes mean ‘absent’ Russia are more present than ever
Barney Ronay, The Guardian, July 30, 2021
The presence of 335 Russian athletes has raised eyebrows, but fingerpointing from Britain and the US invites dark chuckles. The presence of 335 Russian Olympic Committee athletes at these Games has seemed to surprise those who had assumed the ban for state-sponsored doping might have restricted Russia’s physical presence in some way. Or indeed that Russia’s athletes would have to compete in Japan as something other than Russia, beyond a few shifts in branding and a change of song.
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