BEIJING (AP) — The IAAF is investigating the authenticity of a two-decade-old letter published in Chinese media that suggests state-sanctioned doping in the 1990s and casts doubt on the longstanding world records set by Wang Junxia in the women’s 3000m and 10,000m.
Wang’s records could be annulled if the former Olympic and world champion has admitted to doping before setting the marks in 1993, the International Association of Athletics Federations said Friday.
Chinese website Tencent reports that Wang wrote a letter, signed by nine other members of coach Ma Junren‘s training program, in 1995 to journalist Zhao Yu allegedly revealing that athletes were forced to take banned substances and that Ma injected athletes.