Doping Issues In The Olympics

In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the entire Russian track and field team was suspended and at least 120 athletes at the Rio Olympics were previously suspended for doping, and 31 of these athletes won medals in Rio (Halchin & Rollins, 2016; Aisch &Lai, 2016). The Rio Olympic Games was hosted during August 5th to August 21th in 2016. Although the Olympics was a celebrating event for the people all over the world, doping issues still aroused widespread concerns. The aim of the paper is to explain the rules of anti-doping control, and give the examples of doping violations during the Rio Olympics. In addition, it presents the steps that the International Olympic Committee plans to take to deal with the doping issues.
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In swimming and weightlifting sports, doping issues became a matter arouse people’s attention. According to Aisch and Lai, the journalists of the New York Time, Two of the more prominent athletes, Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova who have been suspended for doping and competed in the Rio Olympics, became the targets of criticism by their competitors. The Australian swimmer Mack Horton directly claimed Sun Yang is a drug cheat and he ignored him, and the American swimmer Lily King publicly derided Efimova many times since she had positive test records (Aisch & Lai, 2016; Associated Press, 2016). These frictions happened in swimming pool reflected the distrust between athletes, and the distrusts also happened in the weighting competition. Some athletes who did not get medals publicly stated that they suspected some medal winners and hope improve standards (Associated Press, 2016). Mercedes Isabel Perez of Colombia was waiting for doping test after she took forth in the women’s 63-kilogram event, and she had confidence she could climb on the podium (Associated Press, 2016). These discordant things casted suspension shadow over the completion and made the audience lost interest in the …show more content…
Then, the research presents the doping issues happened in the Rio Olympics and claims the doping issues caused the clean athletes losing their trust in the International Olympic Committee and made the audience questioned the fairness and justice of the Olympic Games. In the end, the research notices the ISO’s response to the doping issues, such as changing Olympic charter, requesting WADA establish an independent entity for testing and results, and re-testing the samples from athletes in previous Olympics. These responses show the ISO’s determination to protect clean athletes and the integrity of sport and deal with doping