Satire
21 june 2016

“Robot-athletes” from Russia excluded from Summer Olympics

The IAAF decision to ban the Russian athletes from participating in international competitions is based on revelations of systematic doping. The drugs were provided to the Russian athletes by the trainers themselves, and the local Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA helped to hide the use of the prohibited substances.

„Generally, in competitive sports you have to carefully scrutinize the athletes”, said the artist Tuz, “since it is likely that you are not competing with individuals but doped ‘machines’”.

Artist: Tuz

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