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Monday, April 21, 2003Documents purporting to show that a number of American athletes were allowed to compete in the Olympics after failing drug tests prove long-held suspicions of U.S. drug cover-ups, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday. Dr. Wade Exum, the former USOC director for drug control from 1991 to 2000, released more than 30,000 pages of documents to Sports Illustrated. He says they show that athletes such as Carl Lewis and Mary Joe Fernandez tested positive but were allowed by the U.S. Olympic Committee to compete anyway. ...WADA head Dick Pound said the documents reinforce what some critics believed all along. "It's what many people suspected about the U.S. Olympic Committee, that it was being covered up," he said in a telephone interview from Montreal. "There were lots of rumors around." Based on the evidence presented in the article, those rumors are still unfounded. Every case mentioned involves the detection of small amounts of pseudoephedrine, a common ingredient in cold and allergy medicines. It isn't a performance enhancer. In fact, a lot of people complain of drowsiness after taking it. It's a shame that Dr. Exum, who apparently has some unresolved issues with the Olympic committee, is making it seem like it's more than it is. He should know better. posted by Sydney on 4/21/2003 07:58:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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