Ilya Ilyin on doping, Olympic gold medals, weightlifting survival and his future

Ilya Ilyin was known as the poster boy of weightlifting for many years. He was unbeaten in elite competitions for 13 years, breaking records and winning gold medals in every major tournament. In 2016, three months after he was announced as the best weightlifter on the planet, IWF announced that retesting of the doping samples from Beijing and London Olympic Games showed positive results for illegal substances. His two gold medals were taken. Five years later Ilya Ilyin made a summary of all the events and for the first time an athlete of his caliber gives his point of view on the doping practices, the lack of equal treatment and where the roots of all the problems in weightlifting are. We started our interview on English and switched on Russian. Huge respect to Ilya for having the courage to speak on that topic that many athletes and sports authorities are always trying to ignore. Let me know in the comments what you think of his words and if you want more interviews like that give It a like