Sentences with phrase «russian doping»

But during his research, Fogel happened upon evidence of a massive Russian doping cover - up.

Months before Russia's ban, the Netflix documentary already shed a light on the insane world of Russian doping.

I honestly thought she was going to win that as well, and as solid as the Russian doping documentary Icarus might have been, I'd much rather if my prediction had come to pass.

A Russian doping expert eager to help, the chemist seems like a jovial and largely harmless bureaucrat.

They will be joined by three titles acquired by Netflix this January: Chasing Ice follow - up Chasing Coral, The Incredible Jessica James and Russian doping documentary Icarus, which was bagged for $ 5 million, one of the largest non-fiction purchases in Sundance's history.

«Icarus,» Fogel's timely Russian doping exposel, also took home a Cinema Eye honor.

Often overlooked by the Academy, Netflix had a very good morning on Tuesday, earning seven nominations, including several key nods for «Mudbound» and the Russian doping documentary «Icarus.»

Amazon's The Big Sick and Netflix's Mudbound won nothing, but Netflix's film about Russian doping, Icarus, took best documentary, suggesting the Academy's resistance to streaming services is weakening.

Dr. Alan Chartock discusses Trump's designation of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Mueller's request to Deutch Bank, and the Olympic Commission's decision on Russian doping.

The ruling comes on an difficult day for Lord Coe, who has been accused of withholding information to MPs over the Russian doping scandal.

Not exact matches

Doping scandals surrounding Russian and Kenyan athletes could cast a shadow over the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

A Russian Olympic medallist has left the Pyeongchang Winter Games on suspicion of doping, a team official said Monday.

Suspicions of a doping violation have rocked the Russian team, which have been trying to draw a line under years of drug - cheating scandals, and shocked the sport of curling, where steady hands and sharp eyes outweigh physical fitness.

A Russian Olympic medallist has left the Pyeongchang Winter Games on suspicion of doping, a team official said on Monday, in a scandal that has shocked his teammates and could imperil Russia's efforts to regain full Olympic status.

The IOC has been re-testing all Russian athletes» samples from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi for performance - enhancing drugs after Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow's discredited anti-doping laboratory, revealed a state - run doping scheme in 2016.

He hired a team of nutritionists and trainers to chart his progress, and through that he befriended the man who would be in charge of his doping process, a Russian scientist named Grigory Rodchenkov.

There are 46 cases the IOC is investigating as part of the doping apparatus that they say benefitted Russian athletes from between 2011 and 2015.

Doping allegations toward Russian Olympic athletes begin to come out in the news, with involvement tracing all the way up to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea A despondent mood swept through Russian athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Saturday, their hopes of being able to fly the Russian flag at the closing ceremony deflated by a second positive doping test.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea A second Russian athlete has tested positive for a performance - enhancing drug at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, a major blow for the nation's hopes of regaining its Olympic status and drawing a line under years of doping scandals.

The whistleblower who exposed Russia's systematic doping of Olympic athletes has been warned by U.S. officials that Russian agents may be inside the United States looking for him and that new security measures needed to be taken to insure his safety, the lawyer for the whistleblower tells Yahoo News.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that it will appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to lift doping bans on 28 Russians.

The Russian team, which is officially being called Olympic Athletes from Russia as part of the IOC's punishment for doping violations, fulfilled its role as the favorite by winning the gold medal.

IAAF president Sebastian Coe has given the Russian Federation until the end of week to respond to Monday's doping report from the Wada Commission.

The entire Russian Winter Olympic team have been investigated for sucking at hiding their doping as well as all the other nations at a special court of arbitration.

Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said.

Three more athletes have tested positive for doping in reanalysis of samples from the 2012 Olympic Games, including a Russian relay SILVER medalist.

The Russian athletes were at the center of a state - sponsored doping program that was revealed over the past year.

If you've ever been curious about the international scandal that was the Olympic Russian team's doping charges — then you need to watch this.

A former Russian official says he developed a doping cocktail that he mixed with liquor and provided to dozens of Russian athletes... athletes who won a whole lot of Olympic medals.

In a surprise move, the doc jury also invented a new trophy, which they dubbed the «Orwell Award» (for an era of «post-truth, double - speak, and alternative facts») and presented to Bryan Fogel's «Icarus,» about the whistle - blower behind the Russian sports doping scandal.

Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos held the premium service's first feature film Oscar outside the Governors Ball, along with director Bryan Fogel (right), whose winning doc, «Icarus,» detailed doping in Russian athletics.

Bryan Fogel's film sees the director set out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, only for a chance meeting with a Russian scientist to transform his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death, and Olympic Gold — exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.

This remarkable film, which shockingly stumbled on to the Russian Olympic athlete doping scandal, led to the banning of the Russian team from the Winter Olympics and resulted in the film's key subject and whistleblower, Grigory Rodchenkov, being put into a U.S. witness relocation program.

The breakdown: Speaking of docs that went for a lot of money, there's this dive into the world of the Russian athletic doping scandal, produced by the same company as «Step,» in fact.

Icarus Filmmaker Bryan Fogel's self - experimentation and its effect on his cycling performance leads him into the heart of the state - sponsored Russian Olympic doping scandal.

An experimentation with performance enhancing drugs connected Fogel with Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, a Russian scientist who has the goods on the country's doping program.

Netflix scored its first feature - film Oscar, with best documentary going to «Icarus,» Bryan Fogel's investigation into doping in sports, aided by the assistance of Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory who candidly discussed the doping scheme under Vladimir Putin.

This eye - opening exposé of government - sponsored doping in Russian sports is undeniably timely, as the recent Winter Olympics was marred by the absence of many Russian athletes due to the doping violations uncovered.

The best documentary feature award went to «Icarus,» a Netflix film about institutionalized doping in Russian athletics and at the Olympics.

February 23, 2018 • In the shadow of a doping scandal, Russian athletes, friends and fans are gathering at a hospitality venue during the Winter Games.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: The Orwell Award was presented to: Icarus (Director: Bryan Fogel)-- When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller involving dirty urine, unexplained death and Olympic Gold — exposing the biggest scandal in sports history.

The Oscar went to «Icarus,» a real - life espionage story about Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, a scientist turned whistleblower who helped bring down the immense state - sponsored apparatus in place for the illicit doping of Russian Olympic athletes.

As doping violations continued to dog the Russians, its doubles curling team forfeited a bronze medal when one member failed a drug test.

Bird & Bird has acted on a number of sporting mandates recently including the sale of Wolves FC and the Russian athletics doping scandal

Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds athletics body's decision to ban Russian athletes from Rio Olympics after widespread failures of doping tests