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Jul 2020

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Russian sports doping: The whistleblower...

About this episode

While Westminster deals with the fallout from one Russian affair, today’s Stories of our Times podcast is about the couple who blew the whistle on Russia’s state sponsored doping operation in sport. The Sunday Times’ chief sports writer David Walsh told their story to Manveen Rana.

Guests:

David Walsh, Sunday Times chief sports writer and

Vitaly and Yuliya Stepanov, Russian whistle blowing couple.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: CBS, ARD, WADA, CGTN

Additional music: Meydan & Scott Holmes (licensed under Creative Commons)

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