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Rodchenkov: USSR withdrew from 1984 LA Olympics over drug fears – The Australian
The Soviet Union withdrew from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, not because of a tit-for-tat retaliation for the boycotted Moscow Olympics four years earlier, but because the country feared fresh developments in the American drug testing regime.
The Soviet Union withdrew from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, not because of a tit-for-tat retaliation for the boycotted Moscow Olympics four years earlier, but because the country feared fresh developments in the American drug testing regime.
Then, when Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson attended the Goodwill Games in Moscow in 1986 – the multi-sports extravaganza staged to help restore Russia’s sporting identity – his positive test result showing steroids was covered up….
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