I love Russia

The Russians (and the rest of the world, let's be honest) are almost literally having a field day over what amounts to aspirin and ADHD medication.

Talent always wins. Poor them.

EVERYBODY takes drugs

Sharapova's revenge.

Venus and Serena have singlehandedly taken down the Iron Curtain a second time

Petty--lame ... no issue here except the invasion of privacy against talented champions

Can they stop leaking irrelevant **** leak good things lol

I'm sure more bribe money could have solved all this easily.

No1 even had a proof abour what mclaren said, but russian team was disqualified. Now, some athletes from our country used medical for a years and nothing happens?

ADHD medication? srsly

I have ADHD myself. I was extremely hyperactive and it was causing me a lot of problems, yet I never had to take meds to treat my ADHD. Its not needed at all, I tried it but was taken off of them on doctors advice and Im grateful for that. Its a decision of you and your parents if you want to take meds to help to improve your concentration, and I was advised not to because they are highly addictive. An effect I felt on myself even after three months of taking them. Then I was just doing special exercises to improve my concentration and was recommended to do sports, because that alone is more effective and has better results than meds. The ADHD meds should be illegal, not just for olympians, but for everybody. There is no excuse for her taking a drug that has a power enhancing effect, what a BS.

Yes, but it's also true that almost every illegal drug used in sport has some legitimate legal medical purpose, but can also be misused.

EPO, the favourite of endurance athletes like Lance Armstrong, is used to tread anemia.
Likewise diuretics and steroids have a legitimate use and can be used for doping.

The painkillers and anti-inflammatories don't seem like a big deal.

I'd be more interested to know how many athletes are on thyroid medication, which seems to be a favourite of one US coach of endurance athletes who had several of his runners medal in Rio.

Edit: Therapeutic Use Exemptions are easy to get, just go to the right doctor. x

True, its easy to find the doctor, but it can be incredibly hard to get TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption), even when the athlete really needs the meds, he can be told to try different ones, or not allowed to take any treatment at all, the decision is on WADA. Athletes from Eastern Europe, Africa or central Asia are always under suspicion and to get TUE can be really hard for them because of these double standards and privileges.

Athletes commonly risk their health especially during Olympics and compete anyway, even when they didnt get TUE and couldnt use the meds they needed. While others are allowed even to take meds on ADHD by WADA!

To make it clear, a lot of doctors is against medical treatment of ADHD, and ADHD meds are prohibited in a lot of countries because all are based on amphetamine.

...so they mainly targeted 3 black women and an openly gay woman?

Russia always being ugly. Such a backwards embarrassing people.

They targeted the top women in sports that Russia is a factor in. I honestly don't think race has anything to do with it. Russia has a history in tennis and gymnastics, and for example without Simone Biles in gymnastics, Russia would win team gold.