Eye on the world: Clean competition

In “Russia’s sports doping scandal: Why this one may be differentThe Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board notes that sports officials have begun to awaken “to the fact that they cannot focus solely on curbing this corrupting practice [of taking banned performance-enhancing drugs] by detection and punishment…. Rather, the culture of sport itself must change.” Citing a new program launched by the International Olympic Committee to promote and protect “clean athletes,” the article concludes, “Sports bodies need to better reward athletes who win cleanly and cooperate openly in fending off drug use. The best in today’s sports culture can overpower the worst.”

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