IOC Suspends Russian NOC and ‘Creates a Path for Clean Individual Athletes to Compete’ in Under the Olympic Flag

This week, the IOC Executive Board studied and discussed the findings of the Commission led by the former President of Switzerland, Samuel Schmid, addressing the systematic manipulation of the anti-doping system in Russia.   This report also addresses in particular the manipulation at the anti-doping laboratory at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, which targeted the Olympic Games directly. After 17 months of “extensive work,” the Schmid Commission gathered evidence and information an