Sports scandals awash with hard-luck stories

By Rob Shaw
Updated November 17 2015 - 8:31am, first published November 16 2015 - 11:03pm
Silver medalist Jared Tallent of Australia, gold medalist Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia and bronze medalist Tianfeng Si of China pose during the medal ceremony for the Men's 50km Walk on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Picture: GETTY IMAGES
Silver medalist Jared Tallent of Australia, gold medalist Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia and bronze medalist Tianfeng Si of China pose during the medal ceremony for the Men's 50km Walk on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Picture: GETTY IMAGES

THE comparisons between the global scandals facing cycling, soccer and now athletics were perfectly summed up in one quote: "This to my mind is a 10 or 11 on the Lance Armstrong scale. This is much worse that what Sepp Blatter has been doing."

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