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Doping allegations rock the athletics world

A third of all medals won at the world's top athletics events go to competitors with suspicious bloo...
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9:35 AM - 2 Aug 2015



Doping allegations rock the at...

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Doping allegations rock the athletics world

TodayFM
TodayFM

9:35 AM - 2 Aug 2015



A third of all medals won at the world's top athletics events go to competitors with suspicious blood tests.

The statistic comes from today's Sunday Times, which claims it has proof there's widespread doping in the sports industry.

The paper has been working with a German broadcaster to compile leaked data from 12-thousand blood tests, from 5-thousand athletes, including household names.

The cheating is alleged to have taken place at both the Olympics and World Championships between 2001 and 2012, with Russia highlighted as the world blood-doping centre.

George Arbuthnott, is the deputy editor of the Insight investigations team at The Sunday Times:



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