‘Icarus’ Oscar Winner Bryan Fogel Calls For Resignation of International Olympic Committee President
Moments after accepting the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for “Icarus” — a film that began as an amateur cycling experiment before unearthing decades of performance-enhancing drug abuse by Russian athletes — director and co-producer Bryan Fogel called for the resignation of International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.
Fogel dedicated his trophy to his “Icarus” co-star Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, who escaped Russia and is now enrolled in America’s witness protection program. Rodchenkov risked his life by blowing the whistle on the the state-sponsored conspiracy he engineered for the previous Winter Olympics as the former director of Russia’s national anti-doping laboratory.
Swayed in part by evidence from Rodchenkov, in early December the Ioc banned Russia from partaking in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. However, 169 Russian athletes were ultimately allowed to compete under the banner of “Olympic Athletes From Russia,” a coalition that won 17 medals.
“Plain and simple, Thomas Bach needs to resign,...
Fogel dedicated his trophy to his “Icarus” co-star Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, who escaped Russia and is now enrolled in America’s witness protection program. Rodchenkov risked his life by blowing the whistle on the the state-sponsored conspiracy he engineered for the previous Winter Olympics as the former director of Russia’s national anti-doping laboratory.
Swayed in part by evidence from Rodchenkov, in early December the Ioc banned Russia from partaking in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. However, 169 Russian athletes were ultimately allowed to compete under the banner of “Olympic Athletes From Russia,” a coalition that won 17 medals.
“Plain and simple, Thomas Bach needs to resign,...
- 3/5/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
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