Doping-Anti-doping system has 'stalled' as elite cheats slip through net, says AIU chair


Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) David Howman talks to reporters at the WADA symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Dec 12 (Reuters) - The global fight against doping has "stalled", with athletes evading detection systems that are failing to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated cheats, a leading anti-doping official has warned.

Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Chair David Howman delivered a stark assessment at last week's World Conference on Doping in Sport, declaring that despite his organisation's proven track record of identifying rule-breakers, they are "not catching enough of them".

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