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The First Clean Olympics?

Wednesday, July 21, 2021
2:30pm
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 428A
Washington, DC
United States
Rodchenkov Act Enforcement at Tokyo 2021
Members: 
Name: 
Senator Ben Cardin
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Chairman
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Representative Steve Cohen
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Co-Chairman
Body: 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Representative Ruben Gallego
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Commissioner
Body: 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name: 
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Commissioner
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Representative Michael Burgess
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Member
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U.S. House of Representatives
Witnesses: 
Name: 
Edwin Moses
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Emeritus Chair, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
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Three-Time Olympian, Olympic Gold Medalist
Name: 
Richard Baum
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U.S. Coordinator, Doping in Sport, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Name: 
Jim Walden
Title: 
Partner, Walden, Macht, & Haran; Attorney for Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov
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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
Name: 
Debra LaPrevotte
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Senior Investigator, the Sentry
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Former Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Name: 
Noah Hoffman
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Two-Time Olympian
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Competitor at Sochi 2014

In December 2020, the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act became law. This groundbreaking extraterritorial criminal authority redefined doping as fraud and enables U.S. law enforcement to pursue corrupt administrators, officials, doctors, coaches, and other structural perpetrators of doping anywhere in the world. The 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, which start July 23, will be the first major test of this new law as U.S. law enforcement is expected to take action against violators.

At this hearing, witnesses discussed the importance of the Rodchenkov Act for victims of doping fraud and what athletes should expect going forward. Witnesses also discussed concrete aspects of the law’s enforcement—who will be responsible, how investigations would be initiated, and how perpetrators might be arrested and brought to trial for their crimes. Finally, witnesses provided their perspectives on how the new law fits into the broader anti-doping movement and efforts to reform the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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