This is sort of old news but I haven't seen a thread on this. The gist is the US Olympic Committee was covering up the uses of illegal performance enhancement drugs in US athletes so they could compete in the events.
Lewis a drug cheat? Documents suggest cover-up
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IAAF official calls for probe of track star Carl Lewis doping case
Lewis a drug cheat? Documents suggest cover-up
Documents purporting to show that a number of American athletes, including Carl Lewis, were allowed to compete in the Olympics after failing drug tests prove suspicions of US drug cover-ups, says the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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 and the Orange County Register.
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 and the Orange County Register.
Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the medical commissions of the IOC and the International Association of Athletics Federations, said the documents "fit a pattern'' of failure to report on positive drug cases.
"The USATF should have reported to the IAAF,'' he said. "That's what we asked them to do repeatedly. We were aware they didn't do it. The rules were changed in '89 to make that clear.''
"The USATF should have reported to the IAAF,'' he said. "That's what we asked them to do repeatedly. We were aware they didn't do it. The rules were changed in '89 to make that clear.''
A top official of track and field's world governing body has urged the International Olympic Committee to investigate the alleged doping case of nine-time gold medallist Carl Lewis.
"I have the impression that Mr. Lewis believes the case could be trivialized because it's so long ago," said Helmut Digel, a German vice-president of the IAAF. "But that's not the responsible way to deal with this. Rules are rules and they were apparently broken," Digel told the German Web sports site Sport1.
"I have the impression that Mr. Lewis believes the case could be trivialized because it's so long ago," said Helmut Digel, a German vice-president of the IAAF. "But that's not the responsible way to deal with this. Rules are rules and they were apparently broken," Digel told the German Web sports site Sport1.
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