‘Corruption embedded within IAAF’ - anti-doping report
Story highlights IAAF "could not be unaware of the extent of doping" according to new WADA report WADA report claims "corruption was embedded" within the IAAF CNN — Senior figures at the International Association of Athletics Federations, including new president Sebastian Coe, “could not have been unaware of the extent of doping in athletics,” according to an independent commission report from the World Anti-Doping Agency. The 89-page report, published Thursday, claims “corruption was embedded” and “cannot be blamed on a small number of miscreants” within the IAAF, athletics’ world governing body. WADA said Russia was guilty of “state- The IAAF’s ethics committee said earlier this month that a powerful trio blackmailed Russian distance runner Lilya Shobukhova into paying them off to keep results of her positive drug tests secret. The son of Diack, Papa Massata Diack – a former IAAF consultant – as well as Balakhnichev and Russia’s former chief coach for long-distance athletes Alexei Melnikov, were all banned for life.
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