Rio Weightlifting

German wants seven nations banned

“In Kazakhstan, there have been 27 positive doping cases since 2012, in Azerbaijan there have been 24 -- and so it goes on,” said Caruso.
“Kazakhstan and Belarus should have been banned (due to the number of doping cases) for a year before the Olympics, but that will only come after the Games.
Caruso's words come after a Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov, who only completed a two-year doping ban last year, smashed a world record to claim Olympic gold on Wednesday.
Caruso says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should take a tougher stance on any nation with a track-record of systematic doping.
“The IOC should have said: Kazakhstan - 27 cases of doping.

 

 

Rio Weightlifting

German wants seven nations banned

In Kazakhstan, there have been 27 positive doping cases since 2012, in Azerbaijan there have been 24 -- and so it goes on, said Caruso. Kazakhstan and Belarus should have been banned (due to the number of doping cases) for a year before the Olympics, but that will only come after the Games. Carusos words come after a Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov, who only completed a two-year doping ban last year, smashed a world record to claim Olympic gold on Wednesday. Caruso says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should take a tougher stance on any nation with a track-record of systematic doping. The IOC should have said: Kazakhstan - 27 cases of doping.