David Wallechinsky

International Society of Olympics Historians

Guest

President of the International Society of Olympics Historians, and commentator on the 2014 Sochi games for Westwood One and NBC radio; author of Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators and The Complete Book of the Olympics; founder of Allgov.com, a website dealing with US policy towards other countries

David Wallechinsky on KCRW

Just four days before South America's first Summer Olympic Games, there's still widespread fear that Rio is unprepared to stage a global spectacle.

Is Rio ready for the Olympic Games?

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It's a saga that echoes the darkest intrigues of the Cold War: Dozens of Russian Olympic athletes accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs under state supervision, then faking…

Tarnished Gold: Will Russian Olympic Doping Jeopardize Rio?

It's a saga that echoes the darkest intrigues of the Cold War: Dozens of Russian Olympic athletes accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs under state supervision, then faking…

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Russia's elite athletes are involved in alleged doping scandals in track and field — and at the last winter games in Sochi.

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Russia's elite athletes are involved in alleged doping scandals in track and field — and at the last winter games in Sochi.

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