Pound calls for stricter drug laws

DICK POUND, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is determined to close the loop hole that allowed 12 cross country skiiers who failed a blood test to escape sanctions.

Pound has no doubt there was something suspicious when the athletes were found to have haemoglobin values that were "too high" in pre-competition blood testing.

The exact same readings are also found when athletes take the banned substance EPO. "What is going on here? Two days before the Winter Games we have got 12 athletes with these high level haemoglobin counts. Is this just a coincidence?" asked Pound.