Rodchenkov first spoke after attempted suicide

26 July 2018, 17:28 | Sports 
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The WADA informant assigned this role to his lawyer Jim Walden. He even read out another portion of the revelations of his client, who first came out after a failed suicide. The incident occurred on June 19, but talked about it only at the end of the month. According to the experts, the informer did not take pressure from the US special services, and, maybe, he was tortured with remorse. "I would like to read out a message from Dr. Rodchenkov, which he gave me this morning," Walden began his speech, writes Inside the Games. The statements of the former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory were announced today at hearings on doping issues. In the allegedly edited text Rodchenkov reproaches himself for complicity in the "state-sponsored doping system in Russia", for which he tears for forgiveness. However, otherwise, he would risk his life, because disobedience was akin to a death sentence, justifies his actions with a informer. In conclusion of his revelation, the chemist stressed that he does not lose faith in a bright future. According to Rodchenkov, his determination was the first step towards reforming the system in the fight against doping. Information on "doping violations of Russian athletes at the Olympic Games in Sochi" ex-head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory "merged" on the pages of the New York Times. As a result of the awards, 43 champions and the winner of the OI-2014 were lost, and the next Olympiad, in February this year, the Russian team held under the neutral flag.

Источник: YTPO.ru