Ruský dopingový skandál - reakce mezinárodních sportovních organizací

This bachelor thesis analyzes state-sponsored doping in Russia. Concretely the reactions to it of two key organizations fighting for the "cleanliness" of sport, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee. In five chapters this thesis focuses on the historical background of the use of doping in sport and in relation to that the development of the anti-doping policy for the fight against it. Then it describes the prohibited substances and methods commonly used in sport and the revelation of the Russian doping scandal. The main goal of the thesis is to find out, how the two aforementioned international sports organizations reacted to the revelation of the scandal, why has doping in Russia worked for several years unnoticed and on the basis of what these organizations decided about the subsequent sanctions for Russia. Moreover the thesis analyzes the connection between the use of state-sponsored doping in Russia and the instruments of public diplomacy.