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For months as the Russian doping scandal unfolded, U.S. Olympic Committee leaders have acknowledged the anti-doping system is flawed. On Friday, they voiced their support in how to fix it.
Following the USOC’s board meeting on Thursday, it released a position paper that called for an independent doping authority with the power to suspend sport and anti-doping organizations.
“Systematic doping requires a systematic and proportional response,” the USOC said in its paper. “There should be sanctions not only against proven perpetrators, but against anyone who knew or should have known about a doping violation.