WADA aims to catch dopers with drug makers' help
(AP) — World Anti-Doping Agency leaders believe their collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry will soon help catch more drug cheats.
WADA director general David Howman said Tuesday that cooperation with drug companies could deliver results this year.
Howman said drug manufacturers approached WADA after Swiss company Roche played a key role catching cyclists who doped at the 2008 Tour de France.
Riders used the new blood-boosting hormone CERA thinking it could not be traced.
But Roche had alerted WADA to the drug's potential for abuse by athletes four years earlier and several riders were caught during and after the race.
Stage winners Riccardo Ricco, Leonardo Piepoli and Stefan Schumacher were stripped of their prizes and banned.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
