{"id":426941,"date":"2020-04-13T10:29:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=426941"},"modified":"2020-04-14T04:22:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:22:58","slug":"the-week-that-was-russia-sports-minister-wants-doping-ban-dropped-so-sports-can-come-together-in-coronavirus-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-russia-sports-minister-wants-doping-ban-dropped-so-sports-can-come-together-in-coronavirus-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Russia Wants Doping Ban Dropped So Sports Can “Be Together” in Coronavirus Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to cause the rest of the world to be quarantined in their homes so there has not been a lot of news lately. The Russia Sports Minister wants the doping ban on his country lifted so sports can come together when the Olympic Games happen next summer. The country was barred from flying its flag at international competitions for the next four years because of evidence from a systematic doping system.<\/p>\n

As far as the coronavirus goes, Olympic champions\u00a0Federica Pellegrini\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Adam Peaty\u00a0<\/strong>have come forward to raise money for the relief fund by auctioning off their respective equipment from their gold medal winning swims. Pellegrini is auctioning off her goggles from her 2008 swim and Peaty is auctioning off his suit he wore on his way to gold in Rio.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in the Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n