This is the consequence of the IOC’s special treatment.
In other words, this isn’t Ted Lasso we’re dealing with here. Tutberidze is a coach with a habit of using skaters up quickly because, for her, they are an infinitely renewable resource. Russia, too, has a track record of prioritizing short-term athletic results over sustainable success. Over the past decade, the country has pushed sports doping more systematically than any other nation that we know about.None of this is meant to exonerate Valieva.
Clean Russian athletes, however, would be allowed to apply to come to Pyeongchang and compete under the banner of a new, temporary entity: Olympic Athletes From Russia, or OAR.It was a distinction without a difference. The athletes still lived and trained in Russia. The television commentators often announced them asfrom Russia. For all intents and purposes, Russia had suffered no meaningful consequences for its doping program.
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