The saga continues

We at the National Rust make no apology for our continuing interest in the use of performing-enhancing drugs in sport.

At this moment in time there are hard-hitting stories brewing about cycling [Wow! Quelle surprise!] and two recent German television documentaries alleging that a household-name top British athlete ‘escaped’ exposure when the IAAF made a strategic decision not to investigate no fewer than 150 suspicious test results and that Russia has been guilty of systematic doping of its elite athletes for decades.

Here’s an article by Ben Rumsby which appears on the website of the Daily Telegraph today, reviewing the latest ramifications arising from the German documentaries – DAILY TELEGRAPH