IOC in denial over drugs says Icarus film director

FILE PHOTO: The Russian national flag and the Olympic flag are seen during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia, February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The man who helped expose Russia's massive doping regime says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still in denial over the performance-enhancing drug use and would rather sweep it under the carpet than take meaningful action.

American Bryan Fogel, director of the documentary film Icarus, told Reuters that IOC president Thomas Bach had "betrayed clean athletes the world over by his failure to act decisively" and that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was "crippled by its mandate with no ability to take action".