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[SIZE=-1]Sowetan, South Africa [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Untroubled access to elite Russian track and field athletes for unannounced random dope tests triggered suspicions among the testers. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The athletes were always ready for the International Association of Athletics Federations anti-doping officials and always provided clean urine samples.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]There were no no shows, one official said . The Russians were always there. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Suspecting the results were too good to be true, the IAAF started storing Russian urine samples taken during competition throughout the 2007 season.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The upshot was a meticulous sting operation last year after which seven Russian women were informed that the urine they had supplied was clearly not theirs because the DNA did not match that in the stored samples. Five of them, including the world number one 800m and 1500m runner Yelena Soboleva, had been bound for the Beijing Olympics.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Sowetan, South Africa [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Untroubled access to elite Russian track and field athletes for unannounced random dope tests triggered suspicions among the testers. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The athletes were always ready for the International Association of Athletics Federations anti-doping officials and always provided clean urine samples.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]There were no no shows, one official said . The Russians were always there. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Suspecting the results were too good to be true, the IAAF started storing Russian urine samples taken during competition throughout the 2007 season.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The upshot was a meticulous sting operation last year after which seven Russian women were informed that the urine they had supplied was clearly not theirs because the DNA did not match that in the stored samples. Five of them, including the world number one 800m and 1500m runner Yelena Soboleva, had been bound for the Beijing Olympics.[/SIZE]
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