PARIS (AP) — A timeline of how internal IAAF documents reported by The Associated Press fit into Russia’s sports doping crisis:
—July 6, 2009: IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss tells Russian athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichev of “the constant difficulties in testing” elite Russian athletes who will compete at the World Championships in Berlin the following month. Says athletes are telling the IAAF they’re serving in the military and can’t give their whereabouts. Weiss also alerts Balakhnichev that blood tests point to “a problem with many of your athletes, in particular in the race walking events.”
—July 14, 2009: IAAF anti-doping director Gabriel …read more
Source: KXAN
