US can't beat us fairly: Russian FM
Published on: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that accusations of a state-sponsored doping conspiracy which led to his country's Olympic banishment were orchestrated by the United States because they "can't beat us fairly"."I think it's a form of competition without scruples because the US team, obviously, are not capable of beating us fairly at sport," Lavrov said in an interview broadcast by Rossiya-1 TV and published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Russia has been banned from taking part in the ongoing Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea.
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However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed a large group of Russians deemed clean to take part as "Olympic Athletes from Russia".Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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