Ep 250 - Russian doping whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov (Part 2)

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Here's Part 2 of the two-part interview with Yuliya Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov. If you've not listened to Part 1, head back to episode 249 for the first half of the interview. Yuliya is a middle-distance runner who competed for Russia at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics. She became an informant for WADA. Vitaly worked for the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. Together they exposed the full extent of the state-sponsored doping programme that eventually led to Russi...

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0:00.0	They're bad, they're boys, and occasionally they talk about running.
0:06.0	Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running podcast with your host, Jody Rainesford and David Heller.
0:13.0	Come back, baby, come back.
0:17.0	But I'm bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
0:20.0	I must admit I was a clown to be messing around.
0:24.8	But that doesn't mean that you have to leave town.
0:28.6	Come back.
0:29.1	Hey, Lou Banners.
0:30.1	Welcome to Bad Boy Running.
0:31.4	If you haven't listened to Part 1 of this episode, go back, back, back!
0:36.0	It's so good.
0:36.8	It was a really long episode because it was such a
0:40.0	fascinating story, but also it's been a topic we've wanted to talk about for so long. There's
0:45.8	such good guests and we wanted to really find out as many details as we could as possible.
0:51.4	We're split into two episodes. This is part two or with a show, Nick.
1:01.6	What was going through your head then when you decided that you would actually become a whistleblower?
1:10.5	I was tired of lying and I was tired to hear this lies.
1:17.6	And also I was feeling guilty for other athletes from other countries because I saw it's like in other countries.
1:26.6	It's not the same like in Russia it's not so many
1:29.3	band athletes.
1:32.3	Yeah, I just lost.
1:35.3	And in your head, what did you think would happen to you and your family?
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