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In July 2016, McLaren presented the report of the WADA Commission in Toronto, Ontario, indicating systematic state-sponsored subversion of the drug testing processes by the government of Russia before, during, and subsequent to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. [14] McLaren stated that the report was not intended to determine individual guilt but rather "whether there was a system in Sochi and also in the Moscow lab, and if there was, how did it operate?" [15]

On 9 December 2016, McLaren published the second part of his independent report. [16] [17] The investigation found that from 2011 to 2015, more than 1,000 Russian competitors in various sports (including summer, winter, and Paralympic sports) benefited from the cover-up. [18] [19] [20]

Other Reports

International Weightlifting Federation Corruption Report

In June 2020, McLaren released his report on the International Weightlifting Federation in which he claimed that the Federation's President, Tamás Aján, was corrupt. The report laid out details of vote buying and bribes by Aján and other IWF officials as well as doping tests that were covered up and over $10 million of missing money. The report led to Aján being charged with complicity by the International Testing Agency as well as other high ranking weightlifting officials Nicu Vlad and Hasan Akkus. [21] [22]

Olympic Boxing Result Manipulation Report

In September 2021, McLaren released his report on the International Boxing Association. His report found that at least 11 fights at the boxing tournament at the 2016 Olympics has suspicious outcomes and were possibly rigged and that the then-president Wu Ching-Kuo and executive director Karim Bouzidi were ultimately responsible. The report also claimed that a 'six figure' bribe was offered to fix one of the bouts and that the French boxing team had favouritism during the tournament due to Bouzidi being French. [23]

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  22. ↑ "International Testing Agency-The ITA concludes investigation into a decade of rule violations in weightlifting, charges current and former IWF officials". International Testing Agency. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
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Richard McLaren

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Born
Richard Henry McLaren

1945
Occupation(s) lawyer, professor
Known for McLaren Report
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Alma mater University of Western Ontario
University of London
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