COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Top officials of the IOC and other sporting bodies would be banned from being members of anti-doping agencies under new proposals for tackling drugs in sports.
Leaders of 17 anti-doping organizations met in Copenhagen this week to consider ways of fixing a "global anti-doping effort that has been deeply damaged" and to "ensure that the disturbing events of recent years are not repeated."
Among the group's aims was to remove the "fundamental conflict of interest that exists when anti-doping decisions are controlled by sports organizations" — a shot at the current ties between the World Anti-Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee.