Olympic athletes shrug off medical data leaks by hackers
GENEVA — A two-time Wimbledon singles champion, two Tour de France winners and an Olympic discus gold medallist had the same answer Thursday to the latest leak by hackers of confidential medical information: so what?
Petra Kvitova, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Robert Harting — all Rio de Janeiro Olympians last month — reacted with sarcasm and shrugs to the leak from the World Anti-Doping Agency database.
The four athletes said their use of approved medications was already widely reported or they welcomed the openness resulting from an alleged Russian-led cyberattack that WADA believes is revenge for investigations into a state-backed doping program in Russia.
“To say that Petra Kvitova suffers from asthma and uses medication for treatment is the same revelation as saying she’s won Wimbledon,” a spokesman for the Czech tennis player, Karel Tejkal, said.