EXPLAINER: This Is Why Russian Athletes Are Competing as the ROC at the Olympics
NBC Sports Boston via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoViewers tuning into the Winter Olympics will likely notice a group of athletes who will be competing...
'Russia' continues to make mockery of Olympic ban
Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoRussia, however, didn’t win the men’s gymnastics team event here Monday. The International Olympic Committee officially banned the country from being...
Biden's top diplomat says the Winter Olympics won't stop Russia from invading Ukraine
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 6 months agoRussia could invade Ukraine during the Olympics, Blinken warned on Friday. Russia has invaded...
With tensions high, Russia aims for Olympic gold in Beijing
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoRussia is sending 212 athletes to Beijing — one of the biggest delegations — despite still being...
Ukraine invasion puts Russia’s elite sports status at risk
NY Daily News via AOL· 6 months agoRussia spent upwards of $50 billion to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, then concocted the...
Olympics in Crisis as Doping Scandal, Tune-In Nadir, Tolerance of Authoritarianism Define Beijing...
WWD via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoSince the discovery in 2019 of a state-run doping program in the run-up to the 2014 Winter Games in ...
How drug scandals and politics led to Russians competing as the ROC at Olympics
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the aftermath of 2019 sanctions levied against Russia for state-sponsored doping, the...
At Olympics and beyond, getting away with it is Russia's way
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPutin’s Russia has perfected the art of flouting the rules, whether the venue is the Olympic arena,...
ROC Explained: Why Is Russia Banned from the Tokyo Olympics?
NBC Sports Chicago via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoViewers may have noticed an unfamiliar country abbreviation at the Tokyo Olympics: ROC. What is the ...
Which Countries Have Won the Most Winter Olympic Medals?
NBC Sports Boston via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoRussia officially has 121 medals from 1994 through 2014, but the International Olympic Committee...