remove the statue of liberty we discussed this with sports studies and sociology professor ellis cashmore he thinks elite competitions are no more about politics than the sport itself. i do find it absolutely ridiculous that the olympics is now trying to stamp out any kind of reference to nationalism the whole point of the olympics was originally at least in the late nineteenth century when the modern olympics started to bring nations together over the years what has happened is that the olympics have been hijacked in one way or another by political interest groups sometimes whole governments i don't think you can keep politics out of the olympics any more than you can keep politics out of sport generally this whole russian doping business has just escalated and escalated to the point where russians have been eliminated disqualified from competition that is in itself a political decision and we've seen this whole narrative that's been going on for a very long time ellis cashmore facebook and google are at risk of losing one of the world's biggest advertisers if they fail to improve news t

let's bring it out as cashmore professor of sociology and expert of culture media and sport at aston university in the u.k. great to have your answer out of leeds earlier delighted of course by the cast decision bit of good news by the i.o.c. now are saying they can't go shatter all the hopes of competing as a reus a rollercoaster of a story and what do you make of it all. well the i'd say first of all we have to say that they are entitled it's an invitation certainly event and they can invite who they like in the world and they can ban whoever they like as well it is an extraordinary turn of events i'm not often surprised by eventuality is in sport but i am by this one the court of arbitration for sport has really turned everything on its head and it said that they find insufficient evidence that is the crucial remark insufficient evidence for the past eighteen months or so we've been bombarded with what is supposed to count as evidence from professor mclaren who said the state sponsored doping going on in russia we've had the paralympic athletes disqualified from successive competi

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we discuss the issue with professor of sociology at aston university ellis cashmore he believes there is a double standard at work given that russia's athletes were banned even without testing positive for doping what is novel of course is this apparent relaxation of the warders rule of strict liability waters premise with all its other kind of rules regarding drugs is that the individual athlete is soley responsible for his or her own bodies if you're in a bar and somebody spiked shore drink your responsible for it even if you had left your drink on guarded while you went to the toilet or something like that or turned your back you or the perpetrator of the crime russian athletes have been banned from competing even without giving any kind of positive don't test at all being guilty by association so there is this kind of striking difference between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes with appearing chuang olympics looming only one hundred sixty nine russians will be invited to compete out of almost five hund

sociologist cashmore says it's hard to imagine why a courier would want to use military. don't e m of course is an unusual drug and no one is quite sure what its purpose is i mean it's a stand simply an over the counter drug although it can be prescribed also for heart conditions and it's ben's we can't say for sure but it's meant to give advantages in terms of stamina to the taken as we've just heard koenig isn't a star dominated sport it's a sport where you need a cool head judgement and a steady hand and you can't see any obvious advantage is that would be conferred by mel don't you want to curl up. in japan recently discovered government documents have shed light on a forced sterilization program the procedure was carried out under the now scrapped eugenic protection law it was adopted after the end of world war two and was in force until one thousand nine hundred six permitted the sterilization of people with disabilities supposedly to preserve the purity of the japanese race now according to some estimates up to twenty five thousand people were subjected to the proc

and sociologist ellis cashmore says it's hard to imagine why a killer would want to use mel don't you and mel don't e m of course is an unusual drug and no one is quite sure what its purpose is i mean it's a stand simply an over the counter drug although it can be prescribed also for heart conditions and it's ments we can't say for sure but it's meant to give advantages in terms of stamina to the taken as we've just heard curling isn't a stamina dominated sport it's a sport where you need a call haired judgment and a steady hand and you can't see any obvious advantages that would be conferred by madone i'm on a curler. over to japan now where recently discovered government documents of shed light on the practice of forced sterilization which affected thousands of people with mental and physical health issues the procedure was carried out under the now scrapped eugenic protection law was adopted after the end of world war two and remained in force and until nine hundred ninety six it permitted sterilization to quote preserve the purity of the japanese race according to some estimates u

we discussed the issue with professor of sociology at aston university ellis cashmore he believes there'san issue of double standards given russia's athletes have been banned even without testing positive for doping what is novel of course is this apparent relaxation of warder's rule of strict liability warders premise with all its other rules regarding drugs is that the individual athlete is slowly responsible for his or her own body as if you're in a bar and somebody spiked shore drink your responsible for it even if you'd left your drink unguarded while you went to the toilet or something like that or turned your back your the perpetrator of the crime russian athletes have been banned from competing even without giving any kind of positive don't test at all being guilty by association so there is this kind of striking difference between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes at the puncturing olympics looming only one hundred sixty nine of russian athletes will be invited to the games out of almost five hundred i

puppets on the head of the cross country skiing association has claimed a war is beginning that was cashmore a sports expert on sociology professor at boston university told us he believes that russia's sports people have been treated deeply on for only. politics have driven this whole narrative from the start i mean everyone was denying it but it had to be political what's happened here is that russia has been made a scapegoat the i.o.c. in particular but the world of sport in general has really been looking to make a statement an affirmation of it stance against doping in world sport and it's it's issued disqualifications and lifetime bans to individual athletes but this is the first time in history that it's found a whole nation culpable for sport has billions of dollars coming in through sponsorship deals that there are a great many corporate globally corporate sponsors who put money into a sport they do not want their brand names associated with an enterprise which in some senses is soft on drugs because it just doesn't want to associate its brand with drugs and so sport has been under

puppets on the head of the cross country skiing association has claimed and war is beginning ellis cashmore who is a sports expert and so she ology professor to us to university in the u.k. told us he believes that russia's sports people have been treated deeply unfairly politics have driven this whole narrative from the start i mean everyone was denying it but it had to be political what's happened here is that russia has been made the scapegoat the i.o.c. in particular but the world of sport in general has really been looking to make a statement an affirmation of it stance against doping in world sport and it's it's issue disqualifications and lifetime bans to individual athletes but this is the first time in history that is found a whole nation culpable sport has billions of dollars coming in through sponsorship deals that there are a great many corporate globally corporate sponsors who put money into a sport they do not want their brand names associated with an enterprise which in some senses is soft on drugs because it just doesn't want to associate its brand with drugs and so sport ha

we discussed the issue of professor of sociology at aston university ellis cashmore he believes that there is a double standard at work given that russia has the athletes were banned even without testing positive for doping what is novel of course is this apparent relaxation of the warders rule of strict liability waters premise with all its other kind of rules regarding drugs is that the individual athlete is slowly responsible for his or her own bodies if your in a bar and somebody spiked shore drink your responsible for it even if you'd left your drink on guarded while you went to the toilet or something like that or turned your back you or the perpetrator of the crime russian athletes have been banned from competing even without giving any kind of positive don't test at all being guilty by association so there is this kind of striking difference between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes with the olympics looming only one hundred sixty nine russians will be invited to compete out of almost five hundred

we discussed the issue with professor of sociology at aston university ellis cashmore he believes there's a double standard at work given that russia's athletes have been banned even without testing positive for doping what is novel of course is this apparent relaxation of warder's rule of strict liability warders premise with all of its other rules regarding drugs is that the individual athlete is slowly responsible for his or her own body as if you're in a bar and somebody spiked shore drink your responsible for it even if you'd left your drink on guarded while you went to the toilet or something like that or turned your back your the perpetrator of the crime russian athletes have been banned from competing even without giving any kind of positive don't test at all being guilty by association so there is this kind of striking difference between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes the looming only one hundred sixty nine russian athletes will be invited to the games that out of almost five hundred they were nisch

we discussed the issue with professor of sociology at aston university ellis cashmore he believes that there's an issue of double standards given that russia's athletes have been banned even without testing positive for doping what is novel of course is this apparent relaxation of warder's rule of strict liability warders premise with all its other rules regarding drugs is that the individual athlete is sol the responsible for his or her own bodies if your in a bar and somebody spiked shore drink your responsible for it even if you'd left your drink on guarded while you went to the toilet or something like that or turned your back your the perpetrator of the crime russian athletes have been banned from competing even without giving any kind of positive don't test at all being guilty by association so there is this kind of striking difference between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes. the olympics are looming only one hundred sixty nine russian athletes will be invited to the games out of almost five hundred

puppets and the head of the cross country skiing association has claimed a war is beginning less cashmore a sports expert and sociology professor at aston university in the u.k. to liz he believes that russia's sports people have been treated deeply unfairly politics and driven this whole narrative from the start i mean everyone was denying it but it had to be political what's happened here is that russia has been made a scapegoat the i.o.c. in particular but the world of sport in general has really been looking to make a statement an affirmation of it stance against doping in world sport and it's it's issue disqualifications and lifetime bans to individual athletes but this is the first time in history that it's found a whole nation culpable for sport has billions of dollars coming in through sponsorship deals that there are a great many corporate globally corporate sponsors who put money into a sport they do not want their brand names associated with an enterprise which in some senses is soft on drugs because it just doesn't want to associate its brand with drugs and so sport has been u

but let's talk about it anyway we're joined by professor of sports of these of sociology at his cashmore i are less you know what do you think about that than the american team's helmets fifteen miles in that the one of the most unlikely things got them in trouble the i.o.c. said it's a matter of confusion misunderstanding but i suppose they must have thought that a point to start with yes or no. yes or no if it's a very minor matter of care of it really isn't it but i do find it absolutely ridiculous that the olympics is now trying to stamp out any kind of reference to nationalism the whole point of the olympics was originally at least in the late nineteenth century when the modern olympics started to bring nations together and it did have a political motive even though the athletes themselves were not competing as representatives of the countries they were competing as individuals on the other hand over the years what has happened is that the olympics have been hijacked. in one way or another by political interest groups sometimes whole governments and have been used for good purposes

we discussed the issue with a professor of sociology at aston university ellis cashmore he believes there is a double standard at work given that russia's athletes were banned even without testing positive for doping what is novel of course is this apparent relaxation of the warders rule of strict liability warders premise with all its other kind of rules regarding drugs is that the individual athlete is soley responsible for his or her own bodies if you're in a bar and somebody spiked shore drink your responsible for it even if you'd left your drink on guarded while you went to the toilet or something like that or turned your back you or the perpetrator of the crime russian athletes have been banned from competing even without giving any kind of positive don't test at all being guilty by association so there is this kind of striking difference between the treatment that russian athletes are being given and those that have been afforded to north american athletes with the olympics looming only one hundred sixty nine russians will be invited to compete out of almost five hundred initially

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and more on this i'm now joined live by ellis cashmore professor of sociology at aston university and sports author now mr cashmore russian officials claim that the concentration of male donya shows a single use is that something that can be established by adopting test. a committee in for jacqueline i don't think you can concretely prove it because it's a new system so without some kind of blood poss sport from crucial bit scary. i don't think they can establish it one hundred percent but the inference will be pretty strong and well don't e m of course is an unusual drug i mean if i may. give viewers some background on the struggle because it's the drug. was found to have been taking and she was suspended for fifteen months she'd been using it quite legally up to two years ago but a couple of years ago the world anti-doping agency decided to add it to its banned list and she continued to use it and she was banned very controversially some of our viewers will remember. those kind of circumstances so no one is quite sure what its purposes i mean it's a stand simply an over the counter

to remove the statue of liberty we discuss that with sports studies and sociology professor ellis cashmore he is of the belief that elite competitions are now more about politics than the sport itself. i do find it absolutely ridiculous that the olympics is now trying to stamp out any kind of reference to nationalism the whole point of the olympics was originally at least in the late nineteenth century when the modern olympics started to bring nations together over the years what has happened is that the olympics have been hijacked in one way or another by political interest groups sometimes whole governments i don't think you can keep politics out of the olympics any more than you can keep politics out of the sport generally this whole russian doping business is just escalated and escalated to the point where russians have been eliminated disqualified from competition that is in itself a political decision and we've seen this whole narrative that's been gone for a very long time. ok let's return now to our top story and breaking news this hour germany's social democratic party leader mart