March 2, 2013
Several athletes positive after 2005 re-testing
MONACO (AP) — The IAAF says several athletes who competed at the 2005 World Championships have tested positive for doping following re-testing of their samples and that their names will be revealed shortly.
Frozen urine samples were re-tested by the IAAF just within the eight-year statute of limitations for drug violations laid down by the World Anti-Doping Code.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press yesterday, IAAF deputy general secretary Nick Davies confirmed the announcement last month by Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency that it provisionally suspended long jumper Tatyana Kotova for failing a test at the 2005 worlds in Helsinki.
He added that more positive tests from those championships will be announced, although no date was given.