The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and its director general denied a New York Times report that Russian officials, including the director general, admitted that a doping program for the Sochi Olympics took place.
On Wednesday, the newspaper reported that Russian officials “admitted they carried out widespread Olympic doping.”
“It was an institutional conspiracy,” RUSADA director general Anna Antseliovich said, according to the newspaper, which added that she spoke “of years’ worth of cheating schemes, while emphasizing that the government’s top officials were not involved.”
On Thursday, Antseliovich said her words were taken out of context, according to a Facebook account reported to be hers by Russian media.