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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson leads UK Athletics drugs review
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is going to be in charge of a review by UK Athletics (UKA) that will be looking at its anti-doping policy.
The review is being organised in the wake of the selection of Dwain Chambers for the World Indoor Championships, which has not been received well in many quarters. Sprinter Dwain Chambers was selected for the Great Britain squad for next month's championships in Spain although he served a two-year ban from athletics because he failed a drugs test in 2003.
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is the most successful Paralympian from Great Britain, and she has won 16 medals including 11 golds.
UKA chief executive Niels de Vos said: "Tanni is one of the greatest athletes this country has seen and a passionate advocate of drug free sport."
Tanni Grey-Thompson explained her feelings about the review and their tole in combating doping in sport: "I can assure everyone we will consider every available option open to us including the possibility of extended lifetime bans, the right to control entry into UKA events and how future selection policies are framed. In the international arena we will lobby relentlessly to increase the penalties for drug cheats."
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