Montreal:
On Wednesday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said that Russia was the
leading doping offender in global sports during 2014, followed by Italy and
India.
Russia, accounted for 148 of the 1,693
failed tests recorded, according to WADA’s 2014 Anti-Doping Rule Violations
Report. Italy (123), India (96), Belgium (91), France (91), Turkey (73),
Australia (49), China (49), Brazil (46) and South Korea (43) rounded out
the top ten spots on the list that illustrates doping offences committed in
global sport.
The total number of failed tests globally
fell 13 percent from the 1,953 recorded in the previous year.
Athletics and bodybuilding had the most
violations with 248 and 225, respectively, followed by cycling, weightlifting,
power-lifting, football, wrestling, boxing, rugby union and aquatics.
The WADA report marks the final year of
statistics under the 2009 World Anti-Doping Code. The 2015 report, which will
be issued in 2017, will reflect results of current anti-doping efforts under
the 2015 Code.
Russia, second behind the United States in
the athletics medal table at the 2012 London Olympics, is banned from all
athletics after an independent WADA commission revealed widespread
state-sponsored doping. Russia’s participation in the 2016 Rio Olympics’
athletics programme is in doubt due to a doping scandal.
The country now has to convince the International
Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that it has made enough progress in
reforming its anti-doping operation to be re-instated to the sport in time for
the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 2016 Rio Olympics, which is the 31st
Olympics, will take place from August 5 to 21.
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