IAAF responds to allegations broadcast in new TV documentary

The release below came from the IAAF earlier on Sunday evening, December 7, regarding the allegations broadcast on ARD TV, German public television on alleged doping in Russian sports.

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PRESS RELEASE

7 December 2014

IAAF reaction to allegations broadcast
in new TV documentary

Monaco – The IAAF has seen a new documentary on German TV channel ARD
on 7 December 2014 (part of the programme “SportSchau”) which includes a
number of allegations involving doping in Russian athletics, as well as individuals
from outside Russia.

As was the case for the documentary broadcast by the same channel on 3 December,
a transcript in English of this latest documentary will be forwarded to the independent
IAAF Ethics Commission, which has already started an investigation into matters
which were exposed in both documentaries.

For more information about the IAAF Ethics Commission please go to:

http://www.iaaf.org/about-iaaf/documents/rules-regulations

The transcript will also be forwarded to all relevant individuals mentioned in the
programme and they will be asked to respond to the specific allegations made
against each of them.

The transcript has also been sent to all Members of the IAAF Council.

Finally, with regard to new material revealed in the documentary related to
anti-doping, and therefore outside the scope of the Ethics Commission, these
will be added to the IAAF investigation that is already under way in full
co-operation with WADA.

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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