Article claims IAAF blocked study on drug cheats

The world athletics governing body has been accused of blocking a survey that revealed a third of top athletes admitting cheating.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) allegedly stopped the study, which was carried out in 2011, from being published and prevented its authors from speaking about it, according to the Sunday Times.

The University of Tubingen in Germany, which led the research, is quoted as saying in the paper: “The IAAF’s delaying publication for so long without good reason is a serious encroachment on the freedom of publication.”