Russia’s state-run doping program racks up 302 WADA sanctions — weightlifters and runners caught the most

Russia’s state-run doping program racks up 302 WADA sanctions — weightlifters and runners caught the most

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) closed its eight-year hunt of Russia's state-run doping program with 291 Russian athletes sanctioned across 22 sports, the agency announced on 30 April. The investigation, known as Operation LIMS, produced 302 sanctions in total — with 11 athletes sanctioned twice for separate violations — and rests on 24 terabytes of data WADA's investigators retrieved from the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory in 2019. WADA's pr…