Klitschko urges new drug tests for Ukraine presidential poll candidates

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Klitschko urges new drug tests for Ukraine presidential poll candidates
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Former world heavyweight boxing champion says doping tests were a farce and offers to pay for new ones

Former world heavyweight boxing champion says last week's doping tests ahead of a run-off were a farce and offers to pay for new onesBerlin — Former

Independent US experts of the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association were in Kiev on Wednesday and ready to perform tests of both candidates, Klitschko told Germany’s Bild daily, offering to pay the bill. The tests were among unusual conditions laid down by the first-round frontrunner Zelensky, 41, before he would agree to a public debate with Poroshenko, 53.

“As an athlete, I’ve done hundreds of doping tests in 30 years and I know that you cannot get results that quickly. Politicians should not treat their voters this way. Therefore, we require independent testing with the world-renowned experts who are already in Kiev. I will pay the costs for the tests.”

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