LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Swimming’s world governing body wants British daily The Times to share evidence backing up claims of widespread doping in Russian swimming.
FINA pledged on Wednesday to investigate any allegations “substantiated by evidence and which have not already been addressed.”
The newspaper alleged in Wednesday’s edition that doping and cover-ups took place over several years in Russian swimming. Some claims were linked to sports doctor Sergei Portugalov, who the World Anti-Doping Agency wants banned for life after investigating a doping conspiracy in Russian athletics last year.
The Times‘ reports quoted unidentified witnesses who suggested their fear of being named as whistleblowers.