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President Diack’s Speech to World Conference on Doping in Sport

Posted November 17th, 2007 at 3:12 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports

lamine diack iaaf president On the second day of the third World Conference on Doping in Sport organised by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which is taking place in Madrid, Spain, IAAF President Lamine Diack made the following speech addressing the IAAF’s position with regard to the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code :

The occasion of this third World Anti-Doping Conference, and a first revision of the World Anti-Doping Code, marks a new chapter in the modern day fight against doping and is an appropriate time to reflect not only upon what has been achieved since the introduction of the Code four years ago but also to examine some of the key areas which still need to be addressed.
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China Attends World Conference on Doping

Posted November 16th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Olympics, Drugs In Sports

A Chinese delegation is in Madrid to attend the third World Conference on Doping.

Led by Duan Shijie, vice-minister of the General Administration of Sport, the delegation is comprised of officials from the aforesaid administration, the China Anti-doping Agency, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and the China Disabled Persons’ Federation.

According to Duan, he will speak at Friday’s session on China’s anti-doping efforts and the measures to be taken during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

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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

iaaf 2007 osaka statement on doping penalties 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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