Arne Ljungqvist
Arne Ljungqvist
Arne Ljungqvistis a Swedish medical researcher, sports personality and retired high jumper. Ljungqvist is a member of the International Olympic Committee, chairman of IOC's Medical Commission, and vice chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency...
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We wish to avoid the image of conducting some sort of witch hunt here, but we have reason to follow up a certain number of cases.
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We want to avoid any kind of image of a witch-hunt, but we have reason ... to follow up a certain number of cases by blood analysis.
tested
The athletes, to my knowledge, have been tested before they left.
evidence raid
We have such evidence that this raid was necessary.
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We never asked the Italian police to take action. We informed them that we would conduct testing on the evening of the 18th and they decided to take action at the same time.
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That he was in the same area (as the athletes) created quite some concern for us.
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Attempts are out there to pick up what science is giving.
challenge ready
We are very much aware...We are pre pared. We are ready to take the challenge on board, should it occur.
information raid
We had such information that a raid was a necessity.
attempted forbidden positive possession substances violation violations
It's just as much a violation to be in possession of forbidden doping substances or to have attempted to use them or distributed them to others. All of those are doping violations of the same significance as a positive test.
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This is an ongoing process. It has started and it will go on until we are finished with all these cases.
steroids
There were no stimulants, steroids or erythropoietin (EPO) found.
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A positive or negative dope test is not the full story. This goes on until we have a final conclusion with all elements.
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A positive doping test does not constitute the sole basis for a doping violation. There are other types of anti-doping rule violations, such as the mere possession of doping substances. We don't know yet whether these athletes or coaches have been in possession. That is for the Italian authorities to inform us about.