IOC sets up Anti-Doping Fund


The International Olympic Committee has decided to set up an Anti-Doping fund to protect clean athletes.

 

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) concluded a four-day brainstorming seminar today in Montreux, Switzerland, where discussions were led by IOC President Thomas Bach and centred on key issues pertinent to the future of the Olympic Movement. - To fund new research into anti-doping, in particular into new techniques for the detection of prohibited substances and methods, with an initial budget of USD 10 million. The IOC invites world governments represented in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to match this amount. According to Reuters the fund will be made available to World Anti-Doping Agency. The agency will then be the coordinator of research projects.

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