Iaaf kept silent about violation of anti-doping rules athletes before the 2011 World Cup

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) hidden violations of anti -doping rules by athletes before the 2011 light athletics championship in TEGU, Sunday Times .

Four years ago, scientists of the University of Tubingen interviewed hundreds of athletes at the World Cup in TEGU. The study showed that 29-34% of 1800 athletes at the 2011 World Cup violated the anti-doping rules in the 12 months previous to the tournament.

A month after the collection of information, scientists said to sign confidentiality agreements in order to prevent a possible leakage of information. The study was financed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), but IAAF received the right to impose a veto on the publication of the report, providing in return access to athletes at the 2011 World Cup. IAAF said that negotiations with the research group and WADA on the publication of the report were ongoing.

In August, a new film of the German ARD television channel about doping in athletics was released. It stated that Sunday Times received the IAAF database, which contains more than 12 thousand tests of about 5 thousand athletes from 2001 to 2012.

According to journalists, a third of the medals of the Olympic Games and world championships in endurance competitions during this period was won by athletes with suspicious doping test data .

After the film was released, the head of WADA, Craig Reidy said that the independent WADA commission is starting the investigation of the facts presented in it. IAAF announced that she supports the investigation and is ready to cooperate with the commission and provide her with its database for the period until 2009, R-Sport notes.