Dick Pound

                   

Conte: WADA needs to beef up offseason testing

nydailynews.com     Aug 18, 2008          

On Dec. 12, 2007, I advised WADA's Dick Pound to routinely send disguised drug testers to Jamaica, and to begin doing so immediately. I had received information about a specific drug supplier who was allegedly working with...                    

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Olympic-sized scandal: Maria Moreno of Spain fails drug test

nydailynews.com     Aug 11, 2008   2 related          

By NATHANIEL VINTON DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Cyclist Maria Moreno of Spain is the first 2008 Olympian to fail a drug test, and the International Olympic Committee has sent her packing. On Sunday, World Anti-Doping Agency...                    

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These two appalling sets of old waxworks utterly deserve each other

almendron.com     Aug 10, 2008   18 related          

By Marina Hyde (THE GUARDIAN, 09/08/08): By the time you read this, world peace should have broken out. It should have broken out at precisely 8.08pm Beijing time yesterday, because International Olympic Committee President...                    

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Marina Hyde: These two appalling sets of old waxworks utterly deserve each other

guardian.co.uk     Aug 8, 2008   41 related          

China's state bullies and the International Olympic Committee have a lot in common. It should have broken out at precisely 8.08pm Beijing time yesterday, because International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has made...                    

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At the Top of the Game

bbc.co.uk     Aug 8, 2008          

Label Listen (26mins 30secs) Dick Pound talking to Owen Bennett-Jones on The Interview Dick Pound is a man who has been at the top of international sports administration. He was a member of the International Olympic Committee...                    

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canada.com: UK Sport, the British authority that funds elite athletes, is also presently charged with dope-testing those same athletes. The new anti-doping agency will separate the two and remove any perception of conflict. canada.com

U.K. keen to tap Canada's anti-doping expertise

canada.com     Aug 8, 2008          

New agency to target pushers, gamblers as well as athletes Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun Published:Â Friday, August 08, 2008 The United Kingdom is looking at Canada's world-renowned fight against doping as an example for how to set...                    

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canada.com: World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman (left) and officials John Fahey, Sarah Lewis and Elizabeth Hunter. canada.com

Pre-Games positives

canada.com     Aug 8, 2008          

program of performance-enhancing drugs. ... And with these Olympics marking the 20-year anniversary of the Granddaddy of all positive tests, Ben Johnson's massive betrayal in Seoul in 1988. ... Well, just imagine what quotes...                    

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mirror.co.uk: Doping-tainted sports face mirror.co.uk

Doping-Tainted sports face "moral bankruptcy": WADA

reuters.com     Aug 7, 2008   6 related          

By Martin Petty BEIJING (Reuters) - Sports tainted by doping scandals are at risk of "moral bankruptcy" if positive tests continue to emerge, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday. John Fahey said...                    

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Olympics-Doping: Tainted sports face 'moral bankruptcy' - WADA

healthcentral.com     Aug 7, 2008   16 related          

BEIJING (Reuters) - Sports tainted by doping scandals are at risk of "moral bankruptcy" if positive tests continue to emerge, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday. John Fahey said high-profile drugs...                    

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Drug use brings doubt to Olympic performances

iht.com     Aug 7, 2008          

On an overcast afternoon in Mexico City in October 1968, a skinny U.S. long jumper named Bob Beamon took 19 strides down a runway, hit the takeoff board perfectly and lifted off at what seemed like an impossible trajectory....                    

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