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Members of Australian Olympic teams must declare no history of doping and face five years in jail if found later to have lied - Telegraph
WADA president John Fahey:
"To sign a declaration under the Oaths Act, which carries with it some pretty severe penalties in our legal system, to indicate they are not doping and never have doped, I worry a bit about that," Fahey said on Tuesday.
"The intention is very good, they want clean athletes representing the Australian community and I think all of us who are Australians think that's a good idea.
"But it seems to me that when you require that sort of thing to be done you're effectively pulling down that cone of silence straight away.
"Will people find themselves in a position where: 'I've just been selected to represent my country in the Olympics. If I say that three years ago I did this, or I did that, they'd send me out of the team. My sporting life is over.'
"You step over the line at that point, or you stay behind the line, and you can never recover. And I just worry about the way this will be reflected in the future.
"I think the last thing we would want to see is the cone of silence, which has been seen in cycling, come in in other areas.
WADA president John Fahey:
"To sign a declaration under the Oaths Act, which carries with it some pretty severe penalties in our legal system, to indicate they are not doping and never have doped, I worry a bit about that," Fahey said on Tuesday.
"The intention is very good, they want clean athletes representing the Australian community and I think all of us who are Australians think that's a good idea.
"But it seems to me that when you require that sort of thing to be done you're effectively pulling down that cone of silence straight away.
"Will people find themselves in a position where: 'I've just been selected to represent my country in the Olympics. If I say that three years ago I did this, or I did that, they'd send me out of the team. My sporting life is over.'
"You step over the line at that point, or you stay behind the line, and you can never recover. And I just worry about the way this will be reflected in the future.
"I think the last thing we would want to see is the cone of silence, which has been seen in cycling, come in in other areas.
