Wada concludes Operation Lims with sanctions against 291 Russian athletes
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Updated · BBC.com · Apr 30
Wada concludes Operation Lims with sanctions against 291 Russian athletes
14 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Apr 30
It imposed 302 penalties across 22 sports, with weightlifting accounting for 107 athletes and athletics 93; four charged cases remain unresolved.
Wada said the probe used 24 terabytes of Moscow laboratory data seized in 2019, calling it anti-doping's most successful investigation and crediting Rusada's 2018 reinstatement for securing the evidence.
Manipulated data uncovered during the inquiry helped trigger Russia's four-year ban from major events in 2019, which ended in 2023, though Ukraine-related sporting restrictions have continued to affect Russian competitors.
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