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, like many other federations, were not 100 percent happy with the code, but for the sake of harmonization and loyalty and to move the code forward we sort of compromised, all of us.
area concern created quite
That he was in the same area (as the athletes) created quite some concern for us.
information raid
We had such information that a raid was a necessity.
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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.
attempts pick science
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.
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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.
finished ongoing until
This is an ongoing process. It has started and it will go on until we are finished with all these cases.
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I believe they may well, if they have been properly stored ? without access to outside people so they cannot be tampered with. Also in a refrigerator or deep frozen, ... If not in such a situation ? there's no guarantee they have not been subjected to undue temperatures.
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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.
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.
steroids
There were no stimulants, steroids or erythropoietin (EPO) found.
adopted code congress including last
We adopted the WADA code two years ago at our last congress including the two years' ban,