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As Russian Wins Mount, So Does the Scrutiny

The fallout from a doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Games and a troop buildup on the Ukrainian border have kept Russia, and its athletes, under a microscope.

Russia cannot use its name, flag or anthem because of a doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Games.Credit...James Hill for The New York Times

BEIJING — Inside the Olympic bubble, everybody just calls them the Russians.

The Olympics organizers prefer to designate them collectively as the “Russian Olympic Committee,” to avoid the name of the country, its flag and anthem as a punishment for past doping scandals.