• Wada to publish report into allegations of doping on Monday
• This is a long road to redemption,adds IAAF president
Lord Coe admits these are “dark days” for athletics but has stressed his determination to lead the sport down the “long road to redemption”.
It emerged on Friday that the International organization of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ethics commission had brought disciplinary charges against four men, including the son of the former president Lamine Diack and the former head of its anti-doping department, and amid the corruption crisis engulfing international athletics. French police had already revealed Diack,who was succeeded as head of the IAAF by Coe in August, was being investigated over an alleged payment of more than €1m to cover up doping offences by Russian athletes.
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Source: theguardian.com