Simone Biles performs on the balance beam at the 2016 Rio Olympics. (AP)
The medical files of several top U.S. Olympic athletes were posted online Tuesday by a notorious Russian hacking group that was attempting to show other nations tainted victories at the Rio games in August. The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed the hack in a statement, noting the theft of confidential medical data which showed Therapeutic Use Exemptions an official approval for athletes with certain medical conditions to use drugs that are typically banned by WADA. The TUEs of gymnast Simone Biles, tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and womens basketball forward Elena Delle Donne were disclosed in the hack. None of the quartet has been suspended for taking a banned substance and each of the athletes had TUEs for the substances they tested positive for. Simone has filed the proper paperwork per USADA and WADA requirements, and there is no violation, Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, said in a statement. The International Gymnastics Federation, the United States Olympic Committee and USADA have confirmed this. Simone and everyone at USA Gymnastics believe in the importance of a level playing field for
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all athletes. Those facts did little to mollify Fancy Bears, the same Russian group suspected of hacking Democratic National Committee files in July.
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