revealed after the key witness in the dating scandal gave testimony via voice link to the court of arbitration for sport back in january in february the court upheld the appeals of twenty eight russian athletes banned for doping but is only now given some of its reasons artie's a goshdarn off join my colleague andrew farmer in the studio area to discuss the developments. byrne first and foremost in the past few years that we've seen the scandal unravel a should say it has been established that pretty much every single athlete in russia dog so it seems it was common knowledge at least that they had a special drug cocktail brewed performance that they swap their dirty urine samples for clean ones through some hole in a lab wall so a lot of was said and was said by a man named grigori roche and of so he was the key witness he put forward the allegations but in the in the case basically during that hearing the court of arbitration for sports he revealed that many of the stuff that he said was best circumstantial first and foremost he said that he never actually administered the said cocktail which he claims

allegations against the country's athletes it came during his recent testimony to the court of arbitration for sport in february the court upheld the appeals of twenty eight russian athletes bad for doping but it's only now given some of its reasons artie's ego has died off earlier join my colleague andrew farmer in the studio to discuss the latest. byrne first and foremost in the past few years that we've seen the scandal unravel a should say it has been established that pretty much every single athlete in russia dope so it seems it was common knowledge at least that they had a special drug cocktail brewed performance that the swapped the dirty urine samples for clean ones through some hole in the lab walls so a lot of was said and was said by a man named grigori roche and of so he was the key witness he put forward the allegations but in the in the case basically during that hearing the court of arbitration for sports he revealed that many of the stuff that he said was best circumstantial first and foremost he said that he never actually administered the said cocktail which he claims he concocted

number of allegations against the country's athletes during his recent testimony to the court of arbitration for sport let's get the details now marty's hugo's you done with us in the studio you just give us a bit of background to this and also why is it noteworthy that. testimony is now being questioned well short so what happened last year twenty eight russian athletes who were previously banned for their lifetimes by the international olympic committee from ever participating in the olympic games they were cleared by the court of arbitration for sport which is basically the highest. judicial body in sports so this is what happened it made big news and now what happened now is the c.s. . laid out some details as to why they decided why the judges decided to clear those athletes and the thing is. of who was the key witness in the case built against russian athletes for the first time was cross-examined in the court by by the defense and by the prosecution and in the process of that cross-examination what happened his testimony showcase that his allegations that the allegations that he had previously

allegations against the country's athletes it came during his recent testimony to the court of arbitration for sport in february the court upheld the appeals of twenty eight russian athletes banned for doping but is only now that it's given some of the reasons. earlier about the latest burn first and foremost in the past few years that we've seen the scandal and revelation say it has been established that pretty much every single athlete in russia dope so it seems it was common knowledge at least that they had a special drug cocktail brewed performance that the swapped the dirty urine samples for clean ones through some hole in a lab wall so a lot of was said and was said by a man named grigori roche and of so he was the key witness he put forward the allegations but in the in the case basically during that hearing the court of arbitration for sports he revealed that many of the stuff that he said was best circumstantial first and foremost he said that he never actually administered the said cocktail which he claims he concocted to himself he says that he never saw anyone administering these said st

complicit he also revealed he couldn't basically you couldn't explain justify to the court of arbitration for sport why he trusted roger and why he never questioned his allegations also he refused to provide the names of other witnesses of you know of turn it of sources so to speak he used to put together the report so the good news for those thirty say athletes that had their appeals up held but they would say well look ok that is good news but the damage as far as we're concerned is already been done to our names well indeed because what happened back in february twenty eighth russian athletes they used to be banned for life they had been banned for life from participating in the olympics which means they were stripped of their medal as the future held nothing for them from that point no more achievement see have those bans revoked and it happened literally a few days before the kickoff of the olympic games in south korea none of them were invited to participate so there you have it you know mud sticks. rather today i'll be back at the top of the hour with more. the new global economic war is unf

allegations against the country's athletes did come during his recent testimony to the court of arbitration for sport in february the court upheld the appeals of twenty eight russian athletes banned for doping but it's only now given reasons why we can get more details on this martin joins us in the studio to let you go we were hearing that the court did give a number of details today concerning the case of the russian alexander diego of what was said about testimony that well and in the past two years that we've been through this whole doping. allegation scandal it has almost become common knowledge that russian athletes well they just don't all of them there have been allegations of a special cocktail drug cocktail designed especially for them we know that they've been swapping urine samples dirty one for clean ones through some hole in the wall and so on and so forth so the source for these allegations is this man. of and he for the first time appeared in court and was cross-examined by the prosecution and the defense he himself claims that he designed these said cocktail the drug cocktail but app

allegations against the country's athletes it came during the recent testimony of the court of arbitration for sport in february the court upheld the appeals of twenty eight russian athletes banned for doping but it's only now given some of its reasons for doing so so let's get the details from you go she joins us in the studio you got this case of the details in this court case for about a russian skier but what was said there about broaching coughs testimony in the past few years that we've been through this is has become pretty much wild common knowledge rushed. every single russian athletes take some form of doping there was a special drug cocktail brewed for them that they wore that they were all taking they swapped dirty urine samples for clean ones through a hole in the walls so all sorts of stuff the man behind the allegations grigori of the man who also claims to have been concocted he says he concocted the said drug cocktail himself well he for the first time was cross-examined in courts by both the prosecution and the defense and while his testimony highlighted how his allegations will no

complicit he also revealed he couldn't basically you couldn't explain justify to the court of arbitration for sport why he trusted roger and why he never questioned his allegations also he refused to provide the names of other witnesses of you know of turn it of sources so to speak he used to put together the report so the good news for those thirty say athletes that had their appeals upheld but they would say well ok ok that is good news but the damage as far as we're concerned is already been done to our names well indeed because what happened back in february twenty eighth russian athletes they used to be banned for life they had been banned for life from participating in the olympics which means they were stripped of their medal as the future held nothing for them from that point no more achievement see have. revoked and it happened literally a few days before the kickoff of the olympic games in south korea none of them were invited to participate many of them would love to saw there you have it you know mud sticks. are that just about wraps up the weekly for this hour here on r.t. internationa

number of allegations against the country's athletes during his recent testimony at the court of arbitration for sport well in february the court had upheld the appeals of twenty eight russian athletes banned for being in now is given some of its reasons so let's get some details now from hugo she done a few joins us in the studio igor we were hearing the court gave details concerning the case today so far the russians alexander so what exactly was said and what is noteworthy about testimony well in the two years that we have been through this whole saga you've had. it's almost become common knowledge that well russia dopes every single russian athletes the dope they take special drug cocktails like designer drugs the swab dirty samples for clean ones through some hole in the wall and so on and so forth now the foundation for all of these allegations was the testimony were more like tales of grigori rochon because he was the key witness for the whole case and for the for all of the he made all of the allegations but when he was questioned by the judges of the court of arbitration for sport which is th

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in the case against russia appeared to backtrack on some of his previous allegations he was testifying for the to the court of arbitration for sport and admitted he never saw the drug cocktail he'd concocted being given sports lawyer lieschen baloney things his mission there is embarrassing. piece of the baluchi east totally distorted so he was not able to convince the judges and that means he was not able to back out the mclaren court was withdrawn the basis for all these allegations all were all these years i think this is now a big defeat for i.o.c. . the fall of the fort mcmurray report icing it's a big big defeat it's really a mess what's happened and all these and glutes they are with team of a very bad management all of these cases and i think. one should see about bursting these folks who haven't suffered so much so it's comfy to sat here an hour to a russian lawyer who's meeting the team trump in twenty six thing did spark an outcry has reportedly confessed to having kremlin links will have a look at that in more detail and a couple of. her. watcher by gold as a. result but the big number one was a fantastic houses blown

erode king called fail to confirm a number of his allegations during testimony at the court of arbitration for sport . you can find out more on those and other stories. up next it's a new episode of u.s. political talk show the big picture. welcome to the big picture where we go beyond the headlines on this week's show arizona teachers are marching to demand more education funding in doric state wide strike to improve public education. how consumer boycotts can change the world in the age of social media but first a year after the women's march a record number of women are running for congress who are these candidates and what do they want i'm holland cook in washington you're watching r t america. this week all i. eyes are on arizona we're going to talk about that big teachers' strike later in the show and there's that special congressional election which pitted a well known republican state legislator or against an underdog democrat outsider an e.r. doctor with us scrappy grassroots campaign in this historically dark red district where donald trump won by twenty plus percent the republican won but

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or appeared to backtrack on some of his previous allegations he was testifying to the court of arbitration for sport and admitted he never saw the drug cocktail he'd concocted being given to athletes sports lawyer lieschen villone thinks that his admission is barry is embarrassing for what. he's told to do so he was not to complete the job and that means he must not be too bad that. was the basis for all these. all these years i think this is a big defeat for i.o.c. . the who. who. icing is a big big concrete it's really a mess what happened and all these glutes. we keep. all these cases and i think. what you think about birds he used. for having suffered so much. but he does of europe's two main powerhouses france and germany met with president trump in rapid succession this week and high on the leader's agenda is the future of the iran nuclear deal apparently both macron have nagged changed their minds on the issue following their meeting with donald trump. but the isn't the way we believe it's better to have this agreement even if it's not perfect and you have no agreement. that the iran deal is

had no idea about key elements of the alleged doping process he was testifying in the court of arbitration for sport and revealed he also never saw the supposed cocktail administered to athletes nor know it was smuggled abroad or sports loyalists in bologna things his admission is embarrassing for words. these are the east totally destroyed so he was not able to convince the judges and that means he was not able to back the mclaren recall was which was the basis for all these allegations all were all these years i think this is now a big defeat for i.o.c. who are the people of the four recall icing east is a big big defeat it's really a mess what happened and all these athletes they are the weak team of a very bad management of these cases and i sink. one should sing about seeing these elites who haven't suffered so much. now a link to conversation has revealed the u.s. democratic party's leadership pressured a candidate for a house seat in colorado to drop out of the race he would likely get out of the race. i know you're a fundraiser. and you guys are someone money and. then. i mean it's undemocra

it's doing this because it's been onstott by the court of arbitration for sport and it was an india sprint to teach one to. appeal against the rules testosterone levels that they apply these rules in two thousand in the couple of custom had a breakthrough when. the rules were that. the team of this wasn't not allowed to go in the glasgow commonwealth games because if a medical issues she appealed it she'd won or ill and some of the courses on the sport said to the on the left right well. the proof the burden of proof is not you not out if you think that's the correct position show us the sox so they've just started two years to the office to come up with silence on this is what they have clearly done i'm still nuisance there are relates to. it hurts between for them good works for to morrow but if you are secure all that evidence i got something more than the flowers and feel that clearly it's a mock up performances from in two thousand and two thousand and thirteen but they've detected a big it wasn't just for female had clips from various tests are stronger than. the levels were between.