LONDON (AP) — Former WADA president Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn’t paint a pretty picture.
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Despite increased testing and scientific advances to detect more sophisticated substances, Pound says anti-doping programs are failing. Drug cheats are getting away scot-free because of a lack of will among sports organizations, governments and athletes.
In his report to WADA and in an interview with The Associated Press, Pound blamed the failings on “human and political factors” and called out sports federations, the IOC and WADA itself for not doing enough to catch serial dopers like Lance Armstrong.
He says the whole system is undermined by bickering among different groups, political interference, conflicts of interest and lack of incentives for nabbing drug offenders.
