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World Olympians Association Calls Blanket Bans On Doping-Tainted Nations 'Unjust'

The World Olympians Association has called blanket bans on competitors from doping-tainted nations "unjust" and called for "urgent action to ensure clean athletes are allowed to participate in major sporting events," according to Nick Mulvenney of REUTERS. The Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) was suspended last month following a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency "that exposed widespread, systematic state-sponsored doping and related corruption." Russian athletes are "therefore set to miss the world indoor athletics championships" in the U.S. in March and "face a race against time to be cleared to compete in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August." WOA President Joel Bouzou, without mentioning Russia specifically, in a statement said, "We believe banning clean athletes is unjust and that sport and its many fans will ultimately pay the price as they will miss the opportunity to see their clean heroes compete at the highest level. The individual rights of clean athletes should also be respected as well as their right to train and to compete in the sport that they love." While accepting that athletes, officials and doctors who cheat should be sanctioned, Bouzou suggested that athletes from banned countries that have clean doping records could undergo "extraordinary testing sessions" to allow them to compete (REUTERS, 12/14).

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