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...
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There is a direct link between Armstrong and a positive test that he signed.
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Here's this guy who tested positive for steroids and the NHL is happy to have him play. Welcome to the NHL.
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He's free to say what he wants. But it's irresponsible. It's just wrong ... the reaction he's had from the sport and from parents shows that.
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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.
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By testing players only at training it gives them the chance to get away with drug use.
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Clearly, they're hoping that by doing this, they can avoid the federal government coming in and telling them how to run their business,
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But when you get lawyers involved that takes time. We are looking at ways to shorten that.
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I'm pretty sure that the approach to drug use was ... one of the factors in the decision of the IOC not to include and then not to reconsider that decision.
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I therefore have no reason to believe that the analysis of the samples was not regular. Yes, the laboratory found EPO traces in many samples. It may be that EPO traces disappear gradually from urine, but it cannot be that no EPO should be in them and then it emerges as if from nowhere.
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We only got the report from the French laboratory. Our information about Lance Armstrong came from the sport newspaper L'Equipe.
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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.
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There's been an awful lot of rumor and accusation about him for a number of years, always of the he-said, she-said variety. This appears -- I haven't seen the documents myself -- to have some documentary connection. That's a lot more serious. It's got to be taken more seriously.
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It's not going to go away. We're dealing with all the spins out there right now but behind scenes there are investigations quietly proceeding.
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It's not going to go away. There is no urgency because he is not going to be in another race but there are some explanations that are going to have be given.