Jacques Rogge, the outgoing President of the International Olympic
Committee, has commended the efforts of the International Associations
of Athletics Federations in its fight against doping.
This was contained in a release by the IAAF released to newsmen on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the athletics world was
recently dismayed by news of top athletes, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay,
testing positive to banned substances.
The statement said that Rogge gave the commendation, when the IAAF
council met with the Executive Board of the IOC on Friday in Moscow,
ahead of the start of the IAAF World Championships on Saturday.
According to the statement, Rogge praised IAAF’s efforts in the fight
against doping and supported the fact that IAAF will return to
four-year sanctions for serious doping offences, starting on January
1, 2015.
It quotes Rogge as saying: “The IAAF Council met with the Executive
Board. We had a very good meeting, in a very good atmosphere.
“We had discussions on wide-ranging issues – these were focused on the
Olympic Games, but also on issues like doping.
“I think it is wise… and the IOC and IAAF have always used all the
opportunities on the actual World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code to
get a four-year sanction when needed.”
The statement noted that Rogge would be attending his last IAAF World
Championships as IOC president, ahead of his retirement in September.
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