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Your support makes all the difference.The International Olympic Committee has set up a $20m (£12m) anti-doping fund to boost detection methods and will hold an extraordinary session next year to push through changes for sports at the Olympic Games, its president, Thomas Bach, said today.
The German revealed that the IOC had set aside $10 million for the anti-doping fund and another $10 million to monitor manipulation of athletes in conjunction with Interpol. “I hope the IOC members will be ready for change,” Bach said. “I think we should look a bit further and put in question whether urine and blood tests are the only ones or best ones. Whether we could not have more reliable tests with hairs, cells. It would be very helpful if there was another test method to find prohibited substances for a longer time.”
Golf: Van der Walt wins Mandela title
South African Dawie van der Walt won his second European Tour title with a two-shot win over England’s Matthew Baldwin and Jorge Campillo of Spain in the Nelson Mandela Championship. “It’s obviously really special, making you a part of history,” Van der Walt said after his triumph.
Swimming: Another medal for O’Connor
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor claimed her second medal of the European Short-Course Championships as she took bronze in the 100 metres individual medley in Denmark. The Bath-based 18-year-old had also won silver in the 200m individual medley.
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