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Russian Track and Field Athletes Face an Ongoing Ordeal
July 11, 2016
After receiving a barrage of protest, the American Red Cross recently withdrew their swimming pool safety poster with an apology. The depiction in question conjured up the stereotype of unruly African-Americans…
Russian Athletics Punishment to Hopefully End by Next Olympics
January 24, 2016
Russia bashing partly relates to the provisional suspension accorded to Russia's athletics (track and field) team by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), for anti-doping oversight, inclusive of several athletes being accused of using illicit performance enhancing substances. Simultaneously, there's Russian acknowledgement of a doping problem, which should face an increased scrutiny…
