out after her teammate, ryan murphy, suggested the sport wasn t clean. the backstroke star lost his olympic titles to a rival from the russian olympic committee. rylov will go to the wall and win another gold. murphy with the silver. reporter: rylov has adamantly denied doping. and murphy made it clear he wasn t specifically speaking of him. i think the world needs to do better in terms of fighting doping. i never mentioned a specific athlete. i never mentioned a specific country. reporter: russian athletes are banned from competing under their own flag after a massive state-sponsored doping program was discovered after the 2014 sochi games. but there s been criticism of testing oversight. a four-time olympic medalist is the president of world athletics, which controls all track and field athletes. should russia be here? it s slightly different in my sport. we ve been very tough about their presence here. reporter: but true sportsmanship still shining in these games. americ
Juancamilo Ronderos, UFC Flyweight, Suspended for Cocaine Use
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Juancamilo Ronderos is just weeks removed from his UFC flyweight debut, but he’s already taken a step backwards after testing positive for cocaine following a USADA post-fight drug test.
Ronderos realized his MMA dream as a last-minute replacement at UFC Vegas 27, fighting David Dvorak. He would go on to lose by submission but earned the respect from the UFC brass for taking a short-notice bout on a big stage.
Following the devastating loss, Ronderos was notified by USADA that he would be suspended for one month for cocaine use. USADA recently spoke out on the suspension and went into details about why he’ll be sidelined for one month.
banned from the olympics for cheating, but the ioc has somehow allowed some of these russian athletes to participate during the games. frustration growing, at least among the u.s. athletes. talk about that. yeah, i mean, it s a head scratcher, isn t it, when you see so many athletes under this roc banner. so they re not under the russian flag but still russians competing and way up the medal list. look, the thing is, is that the olympics idea was that russians who haven t actually been found guilty of doping should still be allowed to compete, even if russia should be penalized but is russia being penalized? it underscores just how corrosive doping is. you saw the accusations against russia going back to sochi, that incredible state sponsored doping program and it just