IAAF asks for help
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ByEurosport
Published 04/12/2004 at 11:59 GMT
Athletics is committed to a zero-tolerance anti-doping policy but needs the help of governments to snare drug cheats, IAAF chief Lamine Diack said on Saturday. "The war against doping is a fight that sports people cannot win alone. The struggle also deman
Diack, the head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), was talking to the daily Helsingin Sanomat .
"(But) we are ready for the doping war. Our approach is zero-tolerance. Cheats must be caught and disciplined."
Diack is in the Finnish capital for a meeting of the IAAF Council, which will decide on the host city for the 2009 world championships as well as hear a report from the athletics body's anti-doping task force, set up in the wake of the Athens Olympics.
The world championships will be held in Helsinki next year and the IAAF has promised stringent testing with roughly one in four of the more than 2,000 athletes giving samples.
Diack said that the greater popularity enjoyed by track events over field disciplines, changes should be made to the way athletics events are staged - one possibility being to limit the number of throws or jumps.
"In the Golden League there is a limited time. Not all the disciplines will fit in 2-3 hours," Diack said.
"The field event rules must be adjusted. It is not possible that there are six throws or jumps. These could be reduced, even radically.
"One possibility would be to organise a special field events gala evening or carnival."
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