The head of the International Olympic Committee, German Thomas Bach said that his agency serious about information on the use of doping by athletes from among the winners of major international competitions. On the eve of the press reported that a number of Olympic champions and prize-winners in their time passed suspicious doping tests.
“If there are identified cases [of doping - approx. Ed.] Relating to the Olympic Games, the IOC will treat him with the “zero tolerance”, which is our usual policy “- quoted by” Interfax “statement of Bach during the official press rout organization in Kuala Lumpur. However, according to Bach, “this time it is no more than allegations, and we must respect the presumption of innocence in relation to the athletes”.
As previously reported, the German TV channel ARD and the British newspaper Sunday Times spread materials It is alleging that a third of the medals at the Olympics and world championships from 2001 to 2012 have been won by athletes whose samples for doping arouse suspicion.
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