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Head of Athletics Integrity Unit takes aim at doping policies of other sports
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 22 August, 2023 - 19:16
- ‘Many will go through careers without being tested’
- David Howman especially critical of football and Fifa
David Howman, the chair of the Athletics Integrity Unit, has raised concerns about the anti-doping policies of other major sports such as football, rugby and golf. “Not many of the big sports have a robust anti-doping programme,” he said. “Many people in team sports will go through their careers without being tested once.”
On a day when the AIU hailed a new technique being used for the first time at the World Athletics Championships to detect doping cheats, Howman was especially critical of football’s approach. “There’s Fifa and the rest of the world,” he said “Fifa run a programme where they tick the boxes in terms of their in-competition testing. It’s the out of competition they find difficult.”
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