COLORADO SPRINGS — Executives at the United States Anti-Doping Agency here are agitating for a forceful response to Russia’s state-run doping program, lobbying international sports officials to sanction the nation more aggressively and overhaul the global regulatory system.
Seven miles south, at the edge of the Rocky Mountains, executives at the United States Olympic Committee’s headquarters have a different agenda. They are lobbying the same international sports officials to award the 2024 Summer Games to Los Angeles, a likely financial boon, and they have pressured Congress not to amplify the antidoping watchdog’s concerns at a delicate moment.