Under-fire IAAF suspends 28 athletes over ‘historic doping’ offences

Twenty-eight athletes have been suspended over historic doping offences, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced last night.

Under-fire IAAF suspends 28 athletes over ‘historic doping’ offences

The world governing body, under fire in the wake of allegations of widespread doping in the sport, said the retesting of anti-doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships in Helsinki and Osaka had turned up 32 adverse findings from 28 athletes.

The IAAF, which has come out fighting in the wake of the accusations in The Sunday Times and by German broadcaster ARD that it turned a blind eye to mass doping, said it could not name the athletes concerned “due to the legal process”.

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