Turning to new technology to uncover previously undetected substances, the IAAF "has initiated disciplinary action against 28 athletes after retested samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships found 32 adverse doping findings," according to Gene Cherry of REUTERS. The IAAF said on Tuesday it could not name the 28 yet, "due to the legal process." The body said, "A large majority of the 28 are retired, some are athletes who have already been sanctioned, and only very few remain active in sport. The IAAF is provisionally suspending them and can confirm that none of the athletes concerned will be competing in Beijing." The re-testing "took advantage of new testing procedures and the 10-year period now offered under IAAF rules and the World Anti-Doping Code." Martial Saugy, director of the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses in Lausanne, said, "The latest scientific breakthroughs in anti-doping technology and analysis have been employed in the re-analysis of these samples to allow us to find previously undetectable substances" (REUTERS, 8/11).
