The Aftermath, Day +23: Russia has officially retaliated on WADA.

Russia has hacked the computers of the World Anti-Doping Association.

Let that process a second.

It was revealed today that Russian hackers (specifically, a group calling themselves the "Fancy Bears") hacked the computers of WADA to attempt to embarrass the United States by posting private information, including what drugs American athletes need on a therapeutic basis which WADA knows about and, with proper documentation, allow.

(This is common practice for athletes, for the record.)

Simone Biles, the dominant gymnast in the world for the United States, was cleared for two different medications by doctors and through WADA.

The Williams sisters were also exempted for several medications over the course of periods of the last several years.

All of the medications revealed in the Russian hack for both Biles and the Williams' have been cleared by WADA and the sanctioning body of the sport involved for the Olympics.

Obviously, the hack is designed to embarrass the USA and discredit WADA.

The International Olympic Committee said it "strongly condemns such methods which clearly aim at tarnishing the reputation of clean athletes."

"The IOC can confirm however that the athletes mentioned did not violate any anti-doping rules during the Olympic Games Rio 2016," the Olympic body said.

USA women's basketball gold medalist Delle Donne may have had the best reaction, though:

"I'd like to thank the hackers for making the world aware that I legally take a prescription for a condition I've been diagnosed with, which WADA granted me an exception for," Delle Donne said in a Twitter post Tuesday. "Thanks guys!"

(Source, ESPN, through the Associated Press)