Sunday, 18 July, 2004, 11:20 GMT 12:20 UK
Drugs boss urges ATP action
World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound says tennis' governing body
needs to overhaul its doping regime.
A report last week claimed that seven tennis players were cleared of
doping offences by the ATP on "clearly unsustainable grounds".
"The ATP is essentially an association of players, so there is some
conflict of interest in that relationship," Pound told BBC Five Live's
Sportsweek.
"We believe drug-testing and result management should be independent."
The ATP exonerated the players, who tested positive for nandrolone,
after it could not prove the steroid did not come from electrolytes
it distributed.
"The good news is that the ATP were willing to let someone independent
look at how they handled the cases," said Pound.
"The bad news is that the independent person found they had completely
mis-handled the whole thing."
[BBC]
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