SI.com - Olympics - IOC plans tougher sanctions for doping cheats - Friday August 24, 2007 1:27AM Rogge told a news conference Friday that such a penalty could effectively amount to a four-year ban for athletes.Once again, the drug war is going to be a fruitless effort.
Friday, August 24, 2007
The War on Drugs get a new 'surge' with IOC plans tougher sanctions for doping cheats - Friday August 24, 2007 1:27AM
The war on drugs faces new, harsher blowback from the International Olympic Committee. What used to be a six month ban for athletes might be taken to a four-year ban.
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OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- IOC President Jacques Rogge said serious doping offenders would be banned from the next Olympics even if their regular suspension had already ended.
Rogge told a news conference Friday that such a penalty could effectively amount to a four-year ban for athletes.
"Every athlete who is penalized for more than six months -- which would automatically be the case for anabolic steroids, blood transfusions and EPO -- could not participate in the next Games," he said after a meeting with the IAAF athletics federation.
The measure was part of a plan announced Friday to toughen the fight against doping.
Rogge also strongly backed the IAAF's push to increase the benchmark for serious first-time doping offenses in all sports from two to four years.
The World Anti-Doping Agency will review its doping code at a Nov. 15-17 conference in Madrid.
If anyone wants to send me to Madrid in November, I'd be happy to report on the meeting with live blogging.
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