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The games. lets head to the very latest on this doping scandal. steven, this is about the future of the games. its also about a gold medal that she has already won. so what are the details? >> well, john, the ioc just clarified a few key points about this case at a press conference, saying that decision from the arbitration is going to be narrowly focused. its only going to address this technical and procedural issue, whether or not she can compete on tuesday. its not going to draw conclusions o...

Really drawing any conclusion on whether or not she has committed a doping offense. and also as you have heard, also not ruling out what will happen to the russian gold medal from the team event last monday. one day before her positive test result returned. it seems to me that the panel has been really siding with the russian authorities. a lot of the arguments including for example valiyeva has been passing her doping tests after the december 25 date. that was when the positive sample was colle...

They are only trying to address one technical very procedural issue. whether or not she can compete on tuesday. they are not trying to find out whether she has committed a doping offense, or whats going to happen to the russian team medal you mentioned from last monday. one day before this positive test result returned. now, they seem to be also emphasizing her age does play a key factor here. she is a minor, as you mentioned, so they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt to sh...

What are the ramifications of the decision and whats the reaction so far? >> the reaction have been swift and mixed. the u.s. olympic committee the u.s. antidoping agency expressing their doubts and disappointment over the decision. and seeing how the olympic committee should be upholding the highest standard of integrity in sports allowing athletes to compete on a level playing field and this decision seems to be fly in the face of all that. china closely monitored social media there seem to be...

It is only addressing a very technical procedural issue. it does not address whether or not valieva has committed a doping offense, and also its not addressing the issue of whats going to happen to the russians gold medal from the team event last monday one day before this positive test result returned. now, as you mentioned, age is certainly a key factor here with the arbitrators mentioning her being a minor. they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt, showing her more sympath...

Lance armstrong was stripped of his titles, high-profile sponsorships, and much of his prize money. he stepped away from his charity livestrong. in 2005, with uncanny foresight, armstrong had predicted what doping could do to his legend and his legacy. >> if you have a doping offense or you test positive, it goes without saying that youre fired from all of your contracts. not just the team, but theres numerous contracts that i have that would all go away. >> sponsorship agreements, for example. ...

Drug tester is knocking on your door. jenna: sure. >> we have got even very good at the science of this. its not perfect, and i think one of the reasons that this is coming out is because its obvious that its not perfect, but its good enough to catch people. lance armstrong has been caught. jenna: a quick follow-up to this, since you were working with this agency since 1999, did you have any indication, i mean did you feel like you had information that was for sure that he was doing this. and ju...

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