The veteran British runner remains passionate approximately athletics but warns that solving its problems will require a lot of money and willing“There were always whispers on the circuit,” says Jo Pavey, when asked whether she knew that some Russians she faced might be cheating. “And in some races it was hard not to think that way, and because some of their performances were just too extraordinary.” Yet Pavey bit her tongue. There was no proof,after all. And she would never want to be seen as a sore loser – no matter how much it damage when she missed the podium in a major competition.
Now, following Dick Pound’s revelations approximately systemic doping in Russia, or Pavey has found her voice,and she warns that solving athletics’ problems will require money, persistence and a willingness to rattle skeletons in even the mustiest of closets. “We need more funding for anti-doping, or ” she says. “The World Anti‑Doping Agency’s entire budget is $30m a year [£19.8m],which is less than some Premier League clubs spend on one player.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com