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DESCRIPTION:The Western Campaign against Russian and Chinese Athletes\n\nRick Sterling 
 will discuss the banning of Russian athletes beginning with the 2016 Rio De 
 Janeiro Summer Olympics and continuing through banning Russian 
 participation in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He will analyze the "state 
 sponsored doping" accusations that have been made by the World Anti-Doping 
 Agency. What are the accusations and what is their credibility?   Who is 
 Grigory Rodchenkov and what role has he played? \n   \nRick will also 
 discuss the case of Sun Yang, probably the most famous Chinese athlete. Sun 
 Yang has won many international swimming events and holds  the world record 
 in the 1500-meter event.  In 2019, Sun Yang was found to have committed an 
 anti-doping rule violation and was banned from international competition 
 for 8 years.  The case was appealed to the highest court adjudicating 
 international sports. In a ruling that shook the swimming world, the court 
 overturned the decision because of racist tweets by the Italian head judge. 
  These tweets were revealed in Rick's article as will be discussed. Sun 
 Yang's lawyers used this information to successfully challenge the 
 decision.  There will be a new hearing with new judges. \n   \nRick will 
 put these cases in the context of the politicization of athletics and 
 western efforts to attack Russia and China in this international arena. \n  
  \nRick Sterling is active in Task Force on the Americas 
 (https://taskforceamericas.org/) and Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center 
 (https://ourpeacecenter.org/).\n  \nHe researches and writes articles on 
 diverse subjects - from the campaign to save the City College of San 
 Francisco, to Syria, to international sports. \n\nHe can be reached at 
 rsterling1 [AT] gmail [DOT] com\n\nLOGIN INFORMATION\nThe meeting will be 
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 matters, catch up with each other, say Hi, etc. We Intend to start the 
 presentation as close to 10:30 am as possible. The program (and recording) 
 will end at 12:30, but the Waiting Room will remain open for informal 
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 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/19/18840159.php
SUMMARY:The Western Campaign against Russian and Chinese Athletes
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