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Six Athletes from 2005 IAAF World Championships Fail Doping Re-tests |
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Athletics - 08 Mar 2013 - Six athletes that competed at athletics’ IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland in 2005 have failed doping tests after their samples from the championships were re-tested using advanced anti-doping techniques.
All six athletes are from eastern Europe. The IAAF, the sport’s world governing body, listed them as: Andrei Mikhnevich, Ivan Tsikhan, Nazdeya Ostapchuk and Vadim Devyatovskiy of Belarus, and Tatyana Kotova and Olga Kuzenkova of Russia.
The IAAF said that the failed tests “have resulted in the initiation of disciplinary procedures which are currently ongoing in accordance with IAAF rules.”
Lamine Diack, the IAAF’s president, said: “The IAAF’s message to cheaters is increasingly clear that, with constant advancements being made in doping detection, there is no place to hide. This re-testing is just the latest example of the IAAF’s firm resolve to expose cheating in our sport. The IAAF will continue to do everything in its power to ensure the credibility of competition, and where the rules have been broken, will systematically uncover the cheats.”
Sportcal
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