Dick Pound
Dick Pound
Richard William Duncan "Dick" Pound, CC OQ QCis a Canadian lawyer and author, and a former competitive swimmer. He is a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agencybased in Montreal, and a former chancellor of McGill University. He served as vice-president of the International Olympic Committeefrom 1987 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2000, and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of that organization...
actions announce certain conduct contrary express hard movement olympic results sincere worked
Even before we announce the results of our inquiry, ... we'd like to express our sincere apologies for the actions of certain IOC members. Their conduct has been completely contrary to everything the Olympic movement has worked so hard to represent.
everybody knew testing
Everybody knew that there would be more testing. The federations did more pre-Games testing and all that had an effect.
asking baseball clean record
We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight.
middle
There's not much of a middle ground, is there?
became commitment decide explore further information issues prepared sit truth waiting wants whether
We're waiting to see whether they have a commitment to get at the truth and the whole truth before we decide to participate further in the investigation. If one of the issues that the UCI wants to explore is how some of this information became public, that's fine. But we're not prepared to sit by and participate in an investigation that focuses only on how the information became public.
records
I think one is right to say some of these records are pretty suspect,
deterrent ended fact joint law operation sends strong
The application of the (Italian) law did have a deterrent effect. The fact that we ended up with a joint operation I think sends a very strong signal.
guy happy positive steroids tested welcome
Here's this guy who tested positive for steroids and the NHL is happy to have him play. Welcome to the NHL.
stepping understand
I don't understand why they're not stepping up to that and saying,
again appeal believe defense front persons reason
So he's going to appeal again with the same defense in front of CAS? There's no reason to believe that another panel of disinterested persons will find it any differently.
confirm consequences football forced serious sure
We want to make sure that we do the right thing because, if we are forced to confirm the declaration of noncompliance, this will have serious consequences for football and governments.
What is interesting about this is the specificity,
regulation sure time
We can now (impose punishment) under the world anti-doping code. I'm not sure what the UCI regulation at the time may have been.
answer events formed minds questions took unable
We were only formed after these events took place in 1999. We are unable to answer questions of what may have been on the minds of the UCI or the lab.