Russia: Sochi 2014 gold medallists dismiss fresh doping allegations

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Russian athletes and gold medallists at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Alexander Zubkov and Alexander Zubkov dismissed allegations that they doped during the Games at press conference in Moscow, Friday. SOT, Yuri Nagornykh, Deputy Minister of Sport (Russian): "There has never been and there is not any doping programme in Russian sport. In Russia we did not conduct any doping programme before the Olympics and during the Olympics in Sochi. But we had a preparation programme, and these journalists who have seen how our athletes were preparing for the Olympics remember very clearly that in 2010, the Ministry of Sport and Winter Sports Federation conducted huge work to evaluate our performance in Vancouver, to understand our reserves and opportunities in a short time frames for sports, in four years to improve a lot of sports, so we could be competitive in Sochi." SOT, Alexander Legkov, men's cross country skiing gold medallist, Sochi 2014 (Russian): "I had a lot of wins, almost won all the tournaments. So, I always was under the control. And I did many doping tests in Switzerland, Italy, and Germany where I was in training camps. It is great that I have done so, and international professionals also recommended me this - as I began to train with them, I started to save all my doping tests in the folder. I have it with me right now: it is until 2014 and after 2014, exactly after the Olympics, I finished the season, I won all prizes after the Olympic Games." SOT, Alexander Legkov, men's cross country skiing gold medalist, Sochi 2014 (Russian): "I am totally calm for my self. I trained honestly, took the medals and my victory, it is very difficult, hard, it was mine and merited, and clear." SOT, Alexander Zubkov, men's bobsled gold medallist, Sochi 2014 (Russian): "Because in Turin, Vancouver, there bronze and silver, there were a lot of prizes. In my sports career I won everything that I could in this sport, that was in all tournaments, including Russian, international, I did the tests a lot of times, as in RUSADA, as in international WADA that came and tool all the tests that I did. And there was no evidence that I was taking any kind of drugs. So, these statements without any documents, I think just are nonsense." Video ID: 20160513 028 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly