Team USA is About to Be Kicked Off its Doping High Horse in Rio

Aug 14, 2016, 11:40 AM

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In addition to shattering world records and breaking down barriers, the swimmers at the Rio Olympics have managed another feat of sorts: reigniting international sport's Cold War. On the self-proclaimed forces of good: swimmers from Western nations who broke unwritten Olympic etiquette by speaking out against competitors they deemed "drug cheats." The villains were swimmers from Russia and China who had been reinstated after serving suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs.