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...
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.
almost commitment italian laws promised rules trying
I think the IOC is trying to make this point, you may have had these laws when you got the games, but you promised to use our rules during the games, and that was a commitment of the Italian government, ... We're here now, it's almost 2006 and we want you to live up to your part of the deal.
happening prevent reforms
reforms which will prevent this from happening again.
records
I think one is right to say some of these records are pretty suspect,
claim downward labor management slide soon
I think that is errant nonsense, as is the claim that 'Oh well, if we let management put in these requirements it is a downward slide and pretty soon labor will have no strength,'
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.
kim members
I was disappointed that more members thought Kim would have been better than I would.
behind dealing quietly scenes
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.
race urgency
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.
conduct type
conduct of this type will not be tolerated.
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.
Well I don't know if it is a surprise. It is disappointing.
everybody knew testing
Everybody knew that there would be more testing. The federations did more pre-Games testing and all that had an effect.
What is interesting about this is the specificity,