Not Surprising…
Posted by zaphriel on February 20, 2006
But Disappointing…
Drugs found in Olympics raid
VIENNA (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors found more than 100 syringes and 30 packs of drugs, including asthma drugs and antidepressants, in a raid on Austrian Winter Olympics bases, an Italian prosecutor told Austrian television.They also seized devices for blood testing and blood transfusions in the raid on Saturday on the country’s biathlon and cross-country teams, Austrian state television ORF said on its Web site on Monday, quoting Turin prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello.
ORF also quoted another Turin prosecutor, Marcello Maddalena, as saying the raids were coordinated closely with the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Maddalena said officials tried to avoid disturbing the athletes too much.
“But a raid is a raid,” ORF quoted Maddalena as saying. “You cannot announce it in advance, nor can you put on your velvet gloves.”
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