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IAAF reiterates support for four-year doping ban;
Coe, Bubka elected VPs
Posted August 23rd, 2007 at 7:15 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), track & field’s international governing body, reiterated its support for a four-year penalty for first time serious doping infractions.
At the second day of the 46th IAAF Congress, the sport’s ruling body endorsed a resolution first passed at its last Congress two years ago in Helsinki when member federations unanimously called for a move to increast penalties for doping offenses, in the case of serious infractions, from the current two year ban to four years.
“We remain convinced that strong penalties are an important cornerstone of an effective anti-doping campaign in general, and in athletics in particular,” the IAAF said in a statement released on Thursday.
The World Anti-Doping Code is currently under review, with revisions expected to be adopted at the World Conference on Anti-Doping in Madrid in November.
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