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Drug cheating at the 2017 IAAF World Championships: how best to counter this possibility

By Chris Lewis - posted Wednesday, 16 August 2017


With a large number of suspicious values coming Turkish and Russian athletes, Fischetto sought to keep widespread doping quiet, as confirmed by telephone recordings from 2013 where he states “I hope this doesn't seep through, otherwise there will be a huge international fiasco. Just imagine if the Russians' data is exposed or the data of the Turks or the others … After all, I’m in the IAAF Commission."

Fischetto also indicated support from the then IAAF President Lamine Diack “in every possible way”, with Diack still under investigation from French authorities for the cover-up of doping cases.  

While Sebastian Coe (the current IAAF president) has declared the IAAF’s determination to go to court to ensure that Caster Semenya and other athletes with hyperandrogenism are not allowed to compete unless they take action to suppress naturally high testosterone levels, his desire “to protect the sport” should support the full public disclosure of tests (mostly paid by the public purse).  

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Disclosing drug test results, before they are subject to dubious actions, would be just as important as penalising rogue national bodies only after leaked information is brought to the attention of the media which then forces IAAF action. 

Although some athletes may choose to compete on the circuit sparingly, which still allows them time to cheat, an improved and heavily promoted Diamond League, along with full public disclosure of all drug tests to promote analysis and solutions, can further promote the quest to deliver clean and fair track and field.

if not, then the existing system will still provide some athletes with a considerable opportunity to achieve athletics fame by cheating to win global championship medals by staying home much more and only competing occasionally when they know they will test clean.

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Chris Lewis, who completed a First Class Honours degree and PhD (Commonwealth scholarship) at Monash University, has an interest in all economic, social and environmental issues, but believes that the struggle for the ‘right’ policy mix remains an elusive goal in such a complex and competitive world.

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