Add Russia’s Olympic Doping Scandal to the Rich History of Cheating in Sports
Seeking an unfair advantage in sports did not originate in the former Soviet Union, but state-sanctioned cheating is much more common in communist or former communist countries.

Alexander Zhukov, center left, president of Russia’s Olympic Committee, and Patriarch Kirill, center right, of the Russian Orthodox Church, with Russia’s Olympic national team outside the Assumption Cathedral at the Kremlin, in Moscow. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)
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