LS
Please delete the part of the message you are NOT commenting on. Lots of
people will be interested in the drugs discussion, lots of (mostly
other!) people will be interested in the rule changes...
Regards,
Wilmar Kortleever
Courtesy IAAF
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION
Fédération Internationale d'Athlétisme Amateur
RICHARDSON TO WARN OF DANGERS OF CONTAMINATED SUPPLEMENTS
13 March 2001
LISBON - Portugal - IAAF Council following the recommendations of the
Anti-Doping Commission, has decided to refer the case of Mihaela Melinte
(ROM) to Arbitration. In the case of the British athlete Mark
Richardson, Council was notified about the decision of the athlete to
withdraw from the Arbitration process and accept the application of IAAF
rules. Council also considered, but did not accept, a request for early
reinstatement for Richardson presented by UK Athletics. Nevertheless,
Council welcomed a proposal from UK Athletics for Richardson to carry
out a series of educational activities, warning young athletes about the
dangers of contaminated food supplements, and agreed that it would
reconsider the reinstatement request at a later date.
In addition, Council expressed its dissatisfaction with earlier public
announcements made by UK Athletics related to nandrolone analysis which
were proved wrong once the investigation of Richardson's case had been
finalised.
Council also heard a report from the IAAF Technical Committee, which
included a number of technical rule change proposals. These will be
presented to the IAAF Congress in August for consideration. One rule
change suggestion is that an athlete in events under 400m in length
shall be disqualified for making one false start, rather than two. It is
also proposed that in vertical jumps, athletes shall exit a competition
after two consecutive failures at a height rather than three; that in
the Pole Vault, the pole vault pegs be reduced from 75mm to 55mm; and
that the take-over zone in relays should be, in total, 30 rather than 20
metres long.
It was agreed that some of these rule changes will be tested at IAAF
Grand Prix II events prior to the Edmonton Congress.
Finally, Council agreed that the Decathlon would be introduced as a new
event for women, although the Heptathlon would be retained as the
official Championship event, and also decided to maintain the 200m at
the World Indoor Championships.
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