Future Olympic Bid Cities May Be Required To Criminalize Doping 10/11/2008 |
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Countries that intend to bid for future Olympic Games may soon be required to have legislation in place that criminalizes doping in sports; this according to a report in The Telegraph.
"I think legislation is very important that criminalises certain offences as detailed in the WADA code because it allows public authorities to intervene where we cannot" said Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the IOC's medical commission.
"We as sports authorities have our limited possibilities regulated by our code. We can do testing but we cannot do searches."
Italy's strict anti-doping laws helped to prove that Austria's cross-country team were involved in blood-doping at the 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games when police were able to gather critical evidence.
Ljungqvist say that he is also pressuring the British government to pass similar laws in advance of the 2012 London Olympic Games - but is facing resistance. The issue will be discussed at the upcoming post-Beijing briefing on London where the 2016 bid cities will be on-hand.
None of the four 2016 Olympic bid candidates - Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo - have such legislation in place and it is unlikely that any new requirement would apply to them.
(Source: Gamesbids.com)
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