Dick Pound warns Wada report Part II is even more explosive
EXCLUSIVE: Chairman warns of a ‘wow factor’ and says people will say: ‘How on earth...?’
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Your support makes all the difference.Dick Pound, the man behind the report that revealed the incredible levels of doping in Russian athletics, warns in an exclusive interview in today’s Independent that the second round of revelations will be even more explosive.
The second part of the World Anti-Doping Agency independent commission report is looking into possible corruption within the IAAF and the results of the 15,000 blood samples which were leaked from within the organisation in August.
“When we release this information to the world, there will be a wow factor,” the report’s chairman and former Wada president says. “People will say: ‘How on earth could this happen?’ It’s a complete betrayal of what the people in charge of the sport should be doing.”
The second part of the report – the total cost of which is $1m – had been scheduled for publication before the end of the year but will now not be aired until 2016, Pound reveals.
He also expects Russia to be at next year’s Games despite pushing for a ban. “It’s my expectation that Russian athletes will be in Rio... and I’d be very surprised if the organisations that have to declare them compliant again would not be cooperative in making that happen.”
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