Olympics: ‘Ant-doping regime remains toothless’
British Olympic Association (BOA) Chairman Colin Moynihan has said that ‘toothless gestures towards zero tolerance’.
LONDON:
The British Olympic Association (BOA) Chairman Colin Moynihan has said that ‘toothless gestures towards zero tolerance’ mean ‘drugs cheats’ will compete at London 2012. “We now have a situation where drugs cheats will be able to compete in London 2012,” he said. “We must decide: is the outcome we want a watered-down, increasingly toothless gesture towards zero tolerance?” American LaShawn Merritt will be running in the London Olympics after a successful appeal against his doping ban last month.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 17th, 2011.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) Chairman Colin Moynihan has said that ‘toothless gestures towards zero tolerance’ mean ‘drugs cheats’ will compete at London 2012. “We now have a situation where drugs cheats will be able to compete in London 2012,” he said. “We must decide: is the outcome we want a watered-down, increasingly toothless gesture towards zero tolerance?” American LaShawn Merritt will be running in the London Olympics after a successful appeal against his doping ban last month.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 17th, 2011.