IAAF candidate Sergey Bubka to get tough on doping
Last Updated: 08/04/15 5:33pm
Sergey Bubka, Sebastian Coe's rival for IAAF president, has promised to take a hardline approach to doping in his election manifesto.
The sport has recently been rocked by allegations that doping and cover-ups are rife in Russian athletics. Bubka, who is currently an IAAF Vice President, launched his manifesto entitled “Taking Athletics to New Heights” in an internet broadcast and presented his plans for the future of the sport.
Speaking on Wednesday about his plans for an extensive review of the sport called “Vision 2025”, Bubka said: "We need to show clear zero tolerance for doping. We must protect clean sport, clear athletics.
“You would like to do many more sanctions, you would like to do more punishment, but to combine it legally it’s always created an issue.
"We need to study legally how we can strengthen our position, in which way we can put sanctions, if we need to put sanctions on the national federation which violates, I believe this issue needs to have very deep study.
We need to show clear zero tolerance for doping. We must protect clean sport, clear athletics.
Sergey Bubka
"'Vision 2025' aims to identify and examine every significant element of our sport and determine how it can be improved to ensure we are in the best possible shape for the future.”
The vote to decide who will succeed the long-standing IAAF president Lamine Diack will take place at the IAAF Congress in Beijing in August.
