“IAAF failed completely in combating doping ‘- NU.nl

The corruption was widespread within the top of the athletics federation. Main figure responsible for the disorder at the IAAF was former president Lamine Diack, who appointed trustees to maintain the corruption and extortion.

For example, lawyer Habib Cissé would have ensured that the biological passports of Russian athletes were manipulated, because the Russians themselves could not.

World Anti-Doping Agency WADA presented Thursday in Munich part two of its independent report into doping in athletics (pdf).

“The IAAF knew much more of the drug problems in Russia than it has acknowledged, and the union has made no move to solve the problems, “said committee chairman Dick Pound at the press conference.

The report also states that it is impossible that members of the board of the IAAF, including the current chairman Sebastian Coe, did not know how widespread was the use of doping in athletics

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Corruption

“There are certain individuals within the IAAF went beyond sporting corruption. There was could mean criminal corruption, “said WADA and committee member Richard McLaren.” This shows that this is the time for reform and that there is no place better to deny things. “

Coe, Thursday present in Munich, denied Wednesday in an interview with CNN yet he was aware of all doping problems in athletics. The Briton was his role as Vice President not big and he was “no more than ten days a year” engaged in that function.

According to the report, began the corruption at the top of the IAAF, at President Diack. “The IAAF has permitted this conduct could occur and must accept responsibility. Denying booking real progress only harder. “

Pound added that at the press conference to WADA” distressed “by the reaction of the IAAF on its research.” We find it disturbing that the IAAF refuses to acknowledge that the behavior actually reflects on the IAAF and therefore must take responsibility for everything that went wrong. “

” Of course there was at times involved in cover-ups. This began with the president. And the president (Lamine Diack, ed.) Was re-elected four times, “said Pound, which Coe” the ideal person “called to bring the IAAF from this crisis

Russia

In November presented former WADA president Pound all the first part of his report into doping in athletics

was the most important advice of that part of the investigation that the IAAF had to suspend the Russian Athletics Federation because of “systemic failures within the IAAF and Russia to prevent or reduce the chance of an effective anti-doping program.”

The International Athletics Federation ditch Russian athletes then indeed in all competitions, making it highly uncertain whether the superpower in athletics can participate in the Olympics next summer in Rio de Janeiro.

The research was conducted after the German TV stations ARD and ZDF in December 2014 a documentary aired on massive and systematic doping in Russian sports. Russian officials would have received money to provide athletes doping and to obscure positive test.

The WADA trembles in the investigation is limited to the problems in the Russian athletics world. A larger study would have taken much longer.

Diack

Just before the presentation of part one of the report Lamine Diack was arrested by the French police.

The 82-year-old Senegalese, who last summer was followed by Coe, would have been approximately 1 million euros to conceal positive doping tests by Russian athletes.

Dad Massata Diack, the son of Lamine Diack, is under suspicion of the French police in this affair. Against him was issued an international arrest warrant through Interpol

By:. NU.nl