When leading athletes are interviewed, who are clean because they do not use "drugs", they all say the same thing : all athletes should be tested the same way and banned if their results indicate that they use illegal substances.
Paula Radcliffe and Mo Farah are just two recent athletes who have expressed this wish.
It is normal that Trainers and Administrators, who permit or even worse, encourage athletes to cheat with drugs, should be severely punished. Trying to catch athletes, who have used drugs to improve their performances, means that only tests shortly before an event can ensure that they are clean and that they have not been cheating !
What is the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) and WADA (World Anti Drugs Agency) proposing to do at the RIO Olympics in August 2016 ? Will there be rigorous testing to ensure that athletes are "clean" ? If testing cannot be ready for all sports, will there be at least some testing so that "New World Records" can start to be recorded ?
If the IAAF identified the events in which all athletes would be correctly tested, would it not provide the experience needed for even better testing later ! This refers not only to the competitors but also to the Mobile Laboratories which are required to analize the samples of tests on the spot !
Could Lord Coe not make a public announcement of the intentions of the IAAF ? As a former world class athlete himself, Seb Coe must know that this would encourage clean athletes, who at present feel abused when they suspect cheats, particularly when they are roundly applauded after they win !
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