USA Today · Feb 17, 2018
Russian doping whistleblower: 'Sorry to all clean athletes we cheated'
An apology for Russia's doping scheme is now ready to be issued. Not by the state which ordered the systematic coverup but by the chemist who helped Russian athletes trick the system.
"I am very sorry to all the clean athletes we cheated," former Russian anti-doping laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov said in response to questions from The Associated Press sent through his lawyer.
Similar remorse has not been forthcoming from the Russian authorities, who challenge the legitimacy of Rodchenkov's confessions and deny any doping was state-sponsored. Rodchenkov, who fled to the United States to expose the elaborate ruse to evade doping tests, claimed the Russians are still "lying and denying."