Professor Arne Ljungqvist of Sweden at the IAAF Congress in Helsinki (© Getty Images)
The IAAF Congress, at its meeting in Helsinki, has resolved that four years is the most appropriate period of ineligibility for a serious first-time doping violation.
The Congress does not seek unilaterally to change its Rules at this time but it mandates the IAAF to use every appropriate means, together with other organizations that recognise the importance of tougher doping penalties, to seek the above change to sanctions in the World Anti Doping Code at WADA’s next Conference in 2007.
