World Anti-Doping Agency former president Dick Pound is quoted as saying the fraud cannot be attributed to ‘the odd renegade acting on his own’ MUNICH — Corruption within world athletics body the IAAF was not a result of renegade individuals’ actions but was embedded in the organisation, the head of an independent commission on doping in athletics will say in his report on Thursday, according to AP.The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (Wada) former president, Dick Pound, who heads the commission into corruption and doping in athletics, is due to present the report in Munich. The commission was set up after reports by the German broadcaster ARD and the Sunday Times last year."The corruption was embedded in the organisation. It cannot be ignored or dismissed as attributable to the odd renegade acting on his own," Mr Pound is quoted as saying in his report, the first part of which, in November, presented evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia.He says the IAAF needs to be restructured, ...
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