The IAAF president, Sebastian Coe, has commended WADA
Independent Commission for uncovering the face of corruption in athletics which has clearly been put together into its report.
The world Anti Doping Agency late last year uncover the deep doping scandal that has been going on in the track and field event, which has led to the suspension of its former boss, Lamine Diack, his son, and some other members of the IAAF.
The report also led to the suspension of Russia, who have been the major culprits in the recent doping scandal from all international competitions, which means that unless they put their house in order, they may not be ready for the Olympic Games in Brazil.
The IAAF also admitted that the report exposed the weakness of it’s governance which has allowed individuals at the head of the previous regime delay the following of normal procedures in certain doping cases.
Meanwhile, the board of the new IAAF President, Sebastian Coe, has promised to integrate the recommendations by WADA to strengthen IAAF and restore the glory of world athletics once again.
The IAAF acknowledges the Independent Commission's positive comments about its handling of its blood testing programme in 2001-2012 and its assessment of the administration of the athlete biological passport programme.
Sebastian Coe commented: "I am extremely grateful to the WADA Independent Commission for its work and for the recommendations it has made. The corruption that it has revealed is totally abhorrent, and a gross betrayal of trust by those involved. Even though each of the impacted doping cases was eventually resolved with lengthy bans for the athletes involved, I recognise that the IAAF still has an enormous task ahead of it to restore public confidence. We cannot change the past, but I am determined that we will learn from it and will not repeat its mistakes. Some of the measures recommended by the Independent Commission already feature in the governance reform programme that I announced on 5 January but we will now urgently consider all of the new recommendations and will incorporate them quickly into that reform programme." IAAF
IAAF Wil Fully Use WADA's Report To Reform Athletics- Coe
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