The Fancy Bears hacking group has already released details of five of the 366 British athletes who competed in Rio, including the Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins. “Like everyone in Team GB, he was notified about the potential release of private medical data,” said a spokeswoman for Farah. The TUE system allows athletes to take banned substances for bona fide medical reasons and still compete, but the Fancy Bears revelations have highlighted the ongoing debate around the transparency of the TUE system. The Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, said this week that the Russian state had no involvement with the hack and challenged Wada to prove that Fancy Bears were Russian in origin. Fancy Bears origins unclear but Russia seizes chance to put boot into Wada Read moreSalazar remains under investigation by the US Anti-Doping Agency over a series of claims made by whistleblowers and the media.

Source: The Guardian September 16, 2016 12:23 UTC