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Sportshour: Will WADA Regret Reinstating Rusada?

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Will WADA Regret Reinstating Rusada?

22/09/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Will WADA Regret Reinstating Rusada?

Russian athletes could compete on the international stage after doping ban lifted.

The controversy that's dominated the sporting world this week - the decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to reinstate Russia's anti-doping agency which could see their country's athletes once again competing in international sport. 

The agency - known as Rusada - has been suspended since 2015 over alleged state backed doping after it was accused of covering up drug abuse, most notably during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. 

The President of USA Cycling has said the world should get to know Ashton Lambie - Two years ago, he was a shop mechanic in Kansas and cycling on gravel - fast forward to September 2018 - the 27 year old has just set a new world record in the individual pursuit at the Pan American Championships by 3.25 seconds  - a record that had stood since 2011. He'd already won a gold medal in the team pursuit a few days earlier. 

He's been telling Shari how his journey began on a bike.

This time last year, Hurricane Maria was the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in 85 years, it left a trail of death and destruction, killing around 3,000 people and destroying the island which resulted in months of power outages because of damage to the electrical grid.

Caught up in that Hurricane, was Puerto Rico's first ever golfer to earn full-time status on the LPGA Tour, Maria Torress. A year later, she has just competed at the Evian Championship, the final golf major of the season, at one point she was the overall leader. She's been telling Shari how she faced her namesake Hurricane.

When married couple Behan and Jamie Gifford plotted to set sail around the world with their children 10 years ago, there was only one problem. Their kids, aged four, six and nine, couldn't swim. The boat is equipped with a 75-horsepower engine, along with three tight bedrooms and two bathrooms. Given that Behan and Jamie quit stable jobs to pursue a life at sea, budgeting for diesel fuel, docking fees, food and other travel costs was essential.  Behan has explaining what life on sea has been like in the last ten years.

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