奥运会反兴奋剂机构调查俄罗斯运动员

AS IT IS 2016-05-19 Olympic Doping Probe Focused on Russian Athletes 奥运会反兴奋剂机构调查俄罗斯运动员

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering suspending the Russian Track and Field team from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The team is already banned from competing in events run by the International Association of Athletics¹ Federations³ (IAAF).

The news came after a New York Times report saying Russian agents tampered⁵ with urine samples during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

The Times talked with the former head of Russia’s anti-doping agency. He said the Russians collected clean urine from athletes before the Games. They then substituted the clean urine for samples showing evidence of drug use.

Thomas Bach is the head of the IOC. He said the organization is considering different types of punishments for the Russian team.

He did not rule out banning Russia’s entire team from the Games.

Bach said if the allegations were true, they would represent an “unprecedented⁶ level of criminality.”

The doping problems with Olympic athletes are not limited to the 2014 Games.

Thirty-one athletes from around the world may be banned from this year’s Olympics in Rio. New testing methods show evidence of doping from their samples collected in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The names of those athletes will be released in June.

Also, the IOC ordered 250 samples from the 2012 Games in London to be tested with the new methods. Those results will be available in the next week.

Bach said “the results of the investigation⁷ will greatly influence the nature of the participation⁸ of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games Rio 2016.”

The tennis player Maria Sharapova is another Russian athlete who is waiting to find out her status for the Olympics.

She tested positive for the drug meldonium at the Australian Open earlier this year. She faces a ban from tennis that could last for four years.

She met with the International Tennis Federation² (ITF) on Wednesday in London to discuss her case. She hopes her suspension will be reduced.

The ITF is expected to announce the results of the hearing sometime this summer. That means Sharapova will most likely miss the French Open and possibly Wimbledon.

The Olympics begin on August 5.

Based on the news that Russia supported the doping of its athletes, the United States Department of Justice said it was opening an investigation.

The New York Times reported that the same U.S. attorney’s office that investigated the FIFA corruption⁹ case is looking into the doping scandal.

A Kremlin spokesperson said he did not think the U.S. Department of Justice should be able to apply its law to non-U.S. territories.

Russia is not the only country to come under scrutiny¹⁰ recently. The World Anti-Doping Association called Kenya’s drug-testing agency “non-compliant¹¹.”

There was concern that its track and field athletes would not be allowed to compete in Rio. But on Friday, the IAAF said the Kenyan team would be allowed to compete, after all.

Words in This Story

tamper⁴ – v. to change something in an illegal way

sample – n. a small amount of something that gives you information about the thing it was taken from

allegation – n. a statement saying that someone has done something wrong or illegal

unprecedented – adj. not done or experienced before

nature – n. a basic quality that something has

apply – v. to cause (force, pressure, etc.) to have an effect or to be felt

scrutiny – n. the act of carefully examining something especially in a critical way : the act of scrutinizing¹² something

compliant – adj. agreeing with a set of rules, standards, or requirements

scandal – n. something that is shocking, upsetting or unacceptable

1 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

2 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

3 federations   

n.联邦( federation的名词复数 )；同盟；联盟；联合会

参考例句：

• These problems are women's special problems and special work of women's federations. 这样的问题，就是妇女的特殊问题，就是妇联的特殊工作。 来自互联网
• The Bridge Federate is a feasible solution to achieve multi-federations interconnection. 基于桥接成员实现多联邦互连是目前较为通用和可行的方法。 来自互联网

4 tamper   

v.干预，玩弄，贿赂，窜改，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• Do not tamper with other's business.不要干预别人的事。
• They had strict orders not to tamper with the customs of the minorities.他们得到命令严禁干涉少数民族的风俗习惯。

5 tampered   

v.窜改( tamper的过去式 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• The records of the meeting had been tampered with. 会议记录已被人擅自改动。 来自辞典例句
• The old man's will has been tampered with. 老人的遗嘱已被窜改。 来自辞典例句

6 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

11 compliant   

adj.服从的，顺从的

参考例句：

• I don't respect people who are too compliant.我看不起那种唯命是从，唯唯诺诺的人。
• For years I had tried to be a compliant and dutiful wife.几年来，我努力做一名顺从和尽职尽职的妻子。

12 scrutinizing   

v.仔细检查，详审( scrutinize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His grandfather's stern eyes were scrutinizing him, and Chueh-hui felt his face reddening. 祖父的严厉的眼光射在他的脸上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• The machine hushed, extraction and injection nozzles poised, scrutinizing its targets. 机器“嘘”地一声静了下来，输入输出管道各就各位，检查着它的目标。 来自互联网