Let's cut to the chase, Russia should not be competing in the Olympics. They have been outed as a bunch of state-sponsored cheaters, and I think it's a disgrace that any of their athletes should be competing. I'm not saying that they are the only cheaters in the world, far from it - but the fact is that they were caught, and so they should have been punished accordingly and made an example of. Therefore, I think all Russian medal-winners should have an asterisk next to their name - a bit like the home run record in baseball set by a juiced Barry Bonds.
And I like some of the niggling and needling going on between countries related to any suspected drug cheats - it has given sports such as swimming an interesting edge. This has definitely added something to the competition, and made quite a boring sport eminently more watchable. We've seen USA, Russia, Australia and China all having a go at each other. I particularly enjoyed the "finger wagging" going on when an American female swimmer beat a Russian doper to Gold. The Russian response was hilarious:
In Russia media, however, Ms Efimova's silver medal was praised as "more precious than gold" and the athlete described as a hero.
Nope, silver is definitely not better than gold. Sorry.
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