Balco scandal has tainted sport, say IAAF

ATHLETICS chiefs have admitted that the scale of doping seen in the Balco scandal has “tainted” the sport.

Some of athletics’ biggest stars have been caught up in the controversy, in which the San Francisco company has admitted supplying drugs to athletes.

Istvan Gyulai, boss of governing body the IAAF, admitted: “Balco has revealed what many suspected - that sport is tainted and undermined by organised doping,” he said.