However, doping athletes caught after August will be banned for 2 Games due to 4-year sanction range. FMTNews
LONDON: The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics will allow athletes banned until 2020 to qualify for the Games next year as doping bans are based on time periods and not events, Athletics Integrity Unit head Brett Clothier told Reuters.
“The standard penalty under the Wada code for doping is a four-year ban,” Clothier said. “And that’s been designed that way to tie in with the Olympic cycle. The anomaly could prove to be a double-edged sword, however, with Clothier saying athletes caught after August this year would be banned for two Olympic Games – in Tokyo and Paris – since they fall within the four-year sanction range.
“We do testing for over a 100 countries around the world and there are different restrictions in each country… and those restrictions are changing day-to-day, week-to-week. Clothier said that though current testing limitations give dopers an opportunity to cheat, agencies should be proactive in identifying athletes prone to cheating while also cracking down on the root causes of doping.
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