Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin is still pretty upset about so many Russian athletes being banned from the Olympics due to doping. While Russia did avoid a straight-up ban, track and field and several individual athletes are still not allowed to compete in Rio. So what’s an angry prime minister who thinks his country has been discriminated against by drug tests to do? Hold his own games, of course. On Thursday in Moscow, Putin will host Stars 2016, starring several of the banned athletes from the track and field team, according to a report from Russian news agency TASS.
Russia is holding its own Olympics for its banned athletes
