Report by the Disciplinary Commission responsible for alleged doping violations by Russian athletes at the Olympic Games Sochi 2014 : 131st IOC Session in Lima –13, 14, 15 and 16 September 2017 / Dennis Oswald. - Lima : International Olympic Committee (IOC), 2017
Prof. Richard McLaren’s mission was to determine if an institutionalised doping system had existed in Russia, particularly in 2014. He was not tasked with establishing the possible liability of individual athletes.
In order to do this and to issue any sanctions that could result from this task, the IOC President appointed a specific Disciplinary Commission made up of Dennis Oswald, as Chair, and Juan Antonio Samaranch and Tony Estanguet.
The Commission immediately set to work, aware of the urgency imposed on it, so that decisions could be taken as far in advance of the 2018 Winter Games as possible. As a first step, it carefully studied the McLaren Report to determine if the accusations made against certain athletes were proven and based on solid evidence. Prof. McLaren lent the Commission his assistance in carrying out this task.
