Conte to be questioned

ByReuters

Published 04/12/2004 at 13:13 GMT

U.S. anti-doping officials plan to question Victor Conte after the BALCO head claimed he saw Marion Jones taking banned drugs, world athletics body the IAAF said on Saturday. "The IAAF has made contact with...the relevant prosecuting authority in the U.S.," IAAF spokesman Nick Davies told reporters

"Now Conte has broken his silence, they will be seeking him for further information. The IAAF will follow the situation," he said. "All links with BALCO are being investigated."

Jones has consistently denied using performance-enhancing drugs but Conte said in an interview on ABC television on Friday that he had seen the former Olympic champion inject herself with steroids in a drug programme he devised.

BALCO laboratory head Conte, who faces federal steroid distribution charges, said he started the programme for Jones prior to the 2000 Olympics and it continued afterwards.

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