Details of medicine taken by four leading USA athletes, including Venus and Serena Williams, were leaked following the hack Martin Bernetti/Getty ImagesRussia’s sports minister has responded angrily to claims that a hacking attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s database came from his country. Vitaly Mutko challenged Wada to prove that Russians were responsible for the hack, which leaked details of medical drugs taken by four leading USA athletes, gymnast Simone Biles, tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, and basketball player Elena Delle Donne. How can you prove that the hackers are Russian? You blame Russia for everything, it is very in fashion nowSir Craig Reedie, the Wada president, has written to Russian authorities warning that the cyber attack by a group calling itself ‘Fancy Bears’ is “very unhelpful” to efforts to declare the country compliant. Wada had blamed a “Russian…

Source: The Times September 14, 2016 16:32 UTC