Mike Rowbottom: As the battle lines move back and forth, count the human cost

Mike Rowbottom: As the battle lines move back and forth, count the human cost

This week, in the wake of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report which confirmed and amplified the worst fears about systematic doping and corruption within Russian athletics- and by extension called into question the legitimacy of the overall system in which these abuses were allowed – the voices have been heard of those directly harmed within the field of competition.