The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) claimed yesterday that Russia seemed to have been running a “state-supported” doping programme, with secret laboratories in Moscow destroying evidence.

Wada’s 323-word report unveiled allegations of doping among Russian athletes, with the laboratories covering-up positive doping results by destroying over 1,400 samples.

It also found that the London 2012 Olympics were “sabotaged” by the inaction against Russian athletes.