WADA: US probe may take years
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August 18, 2010, Wednesday
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WORLD Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman thinks a US probe into cheating in professional cycling could take years to complete, and says his group is helping investigators indirectly.
It takes time to gather evidence in cases like the wide-ranging cycling probe, Howman said. It could take months, or even years, for all the pieces to fall into place.
Investigators have reached out to sponsors and reportedly to former teammates of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as part of the investigation.
The probe gained attention after disgraced rider Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour victory, admitted doping and implicated other riders, including Armstrong, this spring.
Howman said that cooperation between sports and international law enforcement agencies has gotten better because of the long-running BALCO case, which exposed steroid use in track and field and baseball and sent sprinter Marion Jones to prison briefly.
"That is a very good example of how you can do these things internationally and share information," Howman said.
"We can go to Interpol and say we have been asked by another country to engage police or other agencies in Europe," Howman said.
"That is what we have done in this inquiry. I want to ensure that they get the best information they possibly can. Only in that scenario can you say the air has been cleared."
It takes time to gather evidence in cases like the wide-ranging cycling probe, Howman said. It could take months, or even years, for all the pieces to fall into place.
Investigators have reached out to sponsors and reportedly to former teammates of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as part of the investigation.
The probe gained attention after disgraced rider Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour victory, admitted doping and implicated other riders, including Armstrong, this spring.
Howman said that cooperation between sports and international law enforcement agencies has gotten better because of the long-running BALCO case, which exposed steroid use in track and field and baseball and sent sprinter Marion Jones to prison briefly.
"That is a very good example of how you can do these things internationally and share information," Howman said.
"We can go to Interpol and say we have been asked by another country to engage police or other agencies in Europe," Howman said.
"That is what we have done in this inquiry. I want to ensure that they get the best information they possibly can. Only in that scenario can you say the air has been cleared."
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