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9th December 2016
12:45pm GMT

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"The Russian Olympic team corrupted the London games on an unprecedented scale - the extent of which will probably never be fully established," he said.
"The desire to win medals superseded their collective moral and ethical compass and Olympic values of fair play."
Russia won 21 golds at the London games, and 72 medals in total.
At Sochi they took 33 medals, including 13 golds.
Russian officials have denied the claims while the International Olympic Committee has called for more evidence.
IOC president Thomas Bach said the report's findings would be looked into by two commissions before any further action is taken.
"As soon as we have the report it will be handed over to the two commissions, who have already undertaken preparatory work," he Bach.
"But if you ask me for my private opinion then personally if you have an athlete being part of such a manipulation system, clearly I would not like to see this person compete again."

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