Russia to bar athletes drinking beer at doping tests

Citing "aggressive" athletes and interference with drug-testing results, Russia has barred sportspeople from drinking alcohol when they're tested for banned substances.

A post-race beer might help a dehydrated athlete produce a urine sample, but now they'll have to stick to "large quantities of water" provided by the drug-testers, the Russian anti-doping agency's deputy CEO, Margarita Pakhnotskaya, said.

She told The Associated Press that drinking was a particular problem with track and field athletes.

"It is not very good for athletes' behavior at doping control, politeness and following the rules," she said. "They'd be rude, a bit aggressive."

The Russian agency even found beer could…