Robin Parisotto, whose conclusions have left the World Anti-Doping Agency “very alarmed”, according to its head, Sir Craig Reedie.
Q) These allegations, we are told, leave athletics “in crisis”, but athletics chiefs have had this information for years. Why has nothing been done?
A) The most serious allegation, that 146 medal-winning athletes between 2001 and 2012, including 55 gold medallists, have returned test results that might be suspicious, does not mean all – or necessarily any – of these athletes should have received a ban. But when added together across all cases, the weight of evidence is nevertheless overwhelming.