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IAAF dismisses doping allegations

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 5 Aug 2015, 7:42AM
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IAAF dismisses doping allegations

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 5 Aug 2015, 7:42AM

The IAAF has dismissed as "sensationalist and confusing" allegations of mass doping that have rocked the world of athletics.

In its first official comment on the affair, world athletics' governing body says it "strongly rejected" allegations of thousands of suspicious blood tests from athletes, and insists it is taking every possible measure to combat doping.

The allegations were made by German television channel ARD and British newspaper The Sunday Times, who obtained a database of 12 thousand tests taken on five thousand athletes.

Experts who studied the material said one third of athletics medals in endurance events at world championships and Olympics between 2001 and 2012 had given suspicious tests.

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