28 shortly after the Games, noting it stands at odds with two of the IOC’s own commissions that have each recognized systematic manipulation of doping control procedures. “I wouldn’t necessarily say there was an attempt to manipulate certain athletes doping procedures at the Games on any scale other than by those particular individuals,” he said.īut he was bothered by the International Olympic Committee’s decision to lift Russia’s ban Feb. Terrific.”Īs for the state of things today, McLaren said the two Russian athletes caught doping in South Korea does not suggest there’s a wider problem. “I always have wanted to go to the Oscars…I never dreamt in my wildest dream that I would be in a film that was in the nominated movies for the Academy, and then there I was. It was a fantastic evening, it was magical,” said McLaren. “A number of people came up that recognized me and talked to me. Others did seem to know him, and approached him as if he was a celebrity himself, he said. McLaren even got to meet the megastar, but said he doubts John knew who he was. It was a fantastic evening, it was magical,” says McLaren. But others did seem to know him, and approached him as if he was a celebrity himself. McLaren even got to meet the megastar, but says he doubts John knew who he was. There are lots of celebrities at that,’” he said. “I thought, ‘It makes more sense to go to the Elton John (party). McLaren said he would have been “a long ways away” from the action at the Oscars. The next night was the Oscar gala, which McLaren skipped in favour of Elton John’s annual AIDS fundraiser and dinner. “At the end of it they thanked me and called me the hero of the piece because without me none of that, the documentary, could have been done,” he said.
McLaren said his foray into Hollywood’s most prestigious event included a pre-party Saturday night for everyone involved in the production. McLaren appears several times in clips from press conferences detailing corruption at different stages of the investigation, while fellow Canadian and former WADA president Dick Pound also appears in interviews. Related: Russia’s Olympic ban lifted after doping scandal Olympic officials allowed Russian athletes who could prove they were clean competitors to participate in South Korea as “Olympic athletes from Russia,” under a neutral flag and with a prohibition on the national anthem. McLaren appears several times in the Netflix film, directed by Bryan Fogel, who chronicles his encounter with Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory and a key whistleblower on the use of performance-enhancing drugs by Russian Olympic athletes. I welcome it as a great addition to the work I’ve done.” “The film informs people in a way that reports can never do, entertaining people as well as informing them about what’s going on. “It was quite the evening, it was quite the weekend,” said McLaren, buoyed by a new, unexpected platform to champion integrity in competition. Reached by phone in Los Angeles, McLaren said Tuesday he hopes the accolade and increased attention will allow the film - and his findings - to reach even more audiences and thereby shed light on a scandal that continues to rock the sporting world. London, Ont., lawyer Richard McLaren, whose damning report for the World Anti-Doping Agency concluded widespread, state-sanctioned doping among Russian athletes, says the best documentary feature prize capped a thrilling weekend of Oscar parties and celebrity hob-nobbing. An Oscar win for the doping documentary “Icarus” is “a great addition” to ongoing efforts to combat cheating in sport, says a Canadian investigator whose work helped limit Russia’s participation in last month’s Winter Olympics.
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