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13 - Whistleblowers Who Helped Reveal Doping in Russian Sport - Yulia Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov

Author
Partnership for Clean Competition and Dr. Marie McNeely
Published
Tue 03 Sep 2019
Episode Link
https://antidoping.libsyn.com/13-whistleblowers-who-helped-reveal-doping-in-russian-sport-yulia-stepanova-and-vitaly-stepanov

Yuliya Stepanova is an elite runner who specializes in the 800m track event, and Vitaly Stepanov is a former employee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. Both served as whistleblowers helping to expose doping and related issues in sport in Russia. They discuss their firsthand experiences being an athlete and working within a system that supported doping in sport, the challenges and consequences of being whistleblowers, the impacts of their actions, what they wish they had done differently, and more.

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