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Biggest Olympic scandals of all time
Biggest Olympic scandals of all time
Thanks to the continuing doping scandal involving Russian athletes, the PyeongChangOlympicsareguaranteed to earn a spot in the long list of controversial and shocking moments in Olympic history.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
Many questioned whether the members of the female Chinese gymnastics team were actually younger than they the required age of 16 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the end, the International Olympic Committee concluded that everything was legal.
Michael Phelps, the most decorated U.S. swimmer in Olympics history, was photographed smoking pot at the University of South Carolina in 2009. The picture was published on the cover of News of the World following his eight gold medal wins in Beijing, and Phelps' endorsement deals suffered. Phelps later won four gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Oscar Pistorius was the star of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London due to his ability to overcome his disability. The world was shocked when the double amputee was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, after she was found fatally shot in Pistorius' home. He was found guilty of culpable homicide in the fall of 2014 and initially sentenced to five years in prison. However, as he was about to be released to house arrest after serving 10 months of his sentence, his case was reconsidered. On appeal, he was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to six years in prison.
After the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handed down a lifetime ban in 2012 that also cost him his record seven Tour de France victories, Lance Armstrong immediately started losing sponsors, the LiveStrong company that he founded and his Olympic bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney games.
At the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, a Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" took 11 Israel athletes hostage in what is regarded as the worst attack in the history of the Games. Two of the athletes were killed in the attack and the other nine died the following day during a failed rescue attempt by German police officers that also left five of the eight terrorists dead. This memorial plaque stands in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorating the victims.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
Many questioned whether the members of the female Chinese gymnastics team were actually younger than they the required age of 16 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the end, the International Olympic Committee concluded that everything was legal.
Michael Phelps, the most decorated U.S. swimmer in Olympics history, was photographed smoking pot at the University of South Carolina in 2009. The picture was published on the cover of News of the World following his eight gold medal wins in Beijing, and Phelps' endorsement deals suffered. Phelps later won four gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Oscar Pistorius was the star of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London due to his ability to overcome his disability. The world was shocked when the double amputee was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, after she was found fatally shot in Pistorius' home. He was found guilty of culpable homicide in the fall of 2014 and initially sentenced to five years in prison. However, as he was about to be released to house arrest after serving 10 months of his sentence, his case was reconsidered. On appeal, he was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to six years in prison.
After the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handed down a lifetime ban in 2012 that also cost him his record seven Tour de France victories, Lance Armstrong immediately started losing sponsors, the LiveStrong company that he founded and his Olympic bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney games.
At the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, a Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" took 11 Israel athletes hostage in what is regarded as the worst attack in the history of the Games. Two of the athletes were killed in the attack and the other nine died the following day during a failed rescue attempt by German police officers that also left five of the eight terrorists dead. This memorial plaque stands in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorating the victims.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
In early December 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over the country's "systemic manipulation" of anti-doping rules. However, Russian athletes who have proven that they are clean are competing in PyeongChang under the Olympic Athletes from Russia designation.
Many questioned whether the members of the female Chinese gymnastics team were actually younger than they the required age of 16 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the end, the International Olympic Committee concluded that everything was legal.
Michael Phelps, the most decorated U.S. swimmer in Olympics history, was photographed smoking pot at the University of South Carolina in 2009. The picture was published on the cover of News of the World following his eight gold medal wins in Beijing, and Phelps' endorsement deals suffered. Phelps later won four gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Oscar Pistorius was the star of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London due to his ability to overcome his disability. The world was shocked when the double amputee was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, after she was found fatally shot in Pistorius' home. He was found guilty of culpable homicide in the fall of 2014 and initially sentenced to five years in prison. However, as he was about to be released to house arrest after serving 10 months of his sentence, his case was reconsidered. On appeal, he was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to six years in prison.
After the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handed down a lifetime ban in 2012 that also cost him his record seven Tour de France victories, Lance Armstrong immediately started losing sponsors, the LiveStrong company that he founded and his Olympic bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney games.
At the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, a Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" took 11 Israel athletes hostage in what is regarded as the worst attack in the history of the Games. Two of the athletes were killed in the attack and the other nine died the following day during a failed rescue attempt by German police officers that also left five of the eight terrorists dead. This memorial plaque stands in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorating the victims.
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