Dick Pound
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WADA looks to governments to help fight drugs...a formidable arsenal capable of attacking cheats from every angle. "I guess it depends how you define a win," Dick Pound, WADA chief from 1999 to 2007, told Reuters. "There will always be cheaters. "But the gap which maybe used to be a... In this article: Dick Pound, Balco, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Supply chain, Australian parliament, and World Anti-Doping Agency |
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Olympics won't recognize female ski jumpers no matter what B.C. court decides
...Committee to put on an event for female ski jumpers, the International Olympic Committee won't recognize the results or hand out medals, Dick Pound, Canada's IOC member said Thursday. Even worse, he said, it would likely wreck any future...
In this article: International Olympic Committee, Supreme Court, Jacques Rogge, Vancouver, and Copenhagen
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Reuters | November 06, 2009
Pound proud of WADA's achievements
...problem when they had watched all these Festina (cycling team) folks arrested and taken to jail," Pound, who headed WADA from its inception in 1999 until 2007, told Reuters in an interview. "They thought: 'Wow, if this can happen to cycling,...
In this article: International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Tour de France, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Steroid, and National Hockey League
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 24, 2007
WADA chief calls for faster investigations
...by some of the sports monitored by WADA. "The athletes or their representatives could still attend the 'B' test, as they are able to now," Pound told Reuters during a WADA conference in Lausanne. "But this would speed things up and an...
In this article: Floyd Landis, Lausanne, Tour de France, Epitestosterone, Testosterone, Switzerland, and France
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boston.com - Baseball news | February 10, 2009
Rodriguez doping admission raises more questions
...a year's salary to charity. Former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Richard Pound questioned whether the team owners and players' association were really interested in ridding the game of doping. "We certainly pushed for the...
In this article: Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers, Steroid, E-mail, Richard Pound, Barry Bonds, New York Yankees, Larry Bowa, New York Post, and Tom Hicks
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 24, 2007
WADA chief Pound faces Austrian defamation case
...levels. Pound, who was attending a WADA conference in the International Olympic Committee's home city of Lausanne on Wednesday, told Reuters he had received the summons but said he was unconcerned by the development. "I think if the...
In this article: Walter Mayer, International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, Summons, Turin, and Lausanne
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 16, 2007
Reuters Sports Summary
...Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) may introduce tougher penalties for hardcore abusers -- but leniency for others. Chairman Richard Pound told Reuters on Tuesday that WADA had been taking a hard look at its code and was planning some "fine tuning."
In this article: Carmelo Anthony, Muhammad Ali, NEW YORK, United States, WADA, Australian Open, Pele, Reuters, NHL, and Minnesota Twins
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Reuters | September 24, 2008
Doping clouds still hang over Armstrong, says Pound
Dick Pound, who had a long-running feud with Armstrong during his time as WADA chief, was not among those impressed by the 37-year-old's comeback and said the Texan was returning to the peloton with the same doping clouds hanging over him.
In this article: Lance Armstrong, WADA, International Olympic Committee, Allegation, Don Catlin, Tour de France, L'Equipe, and World Anti-Doping Agency
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 16, 2007
WADA ponders leniency for accidental dopers
...code stipulates a mandatory minimum two-year ban for anyone caught doping. "It's entirely fine tuning," Pound told Reuters in a telephone interview. "The basic guts of the code and the standards are all maintained. "Where there...
In this article: Richard Pound, Floyd Landis, Tour de France, Hormone, World Anti-Doping Agency, United States Olympic Committee, Testosterone, Toronto, and Madrid
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International Herald Tribune | September 28, 2008
Armstrong comes back with an agenda - International Herald Tribune
...to leave any doubt," he said. As Dick Pound, former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, pointed out to Reuters on Wednesday, such a program does not resolve the issue of whether Armstrong cheated in the past. Nor does Pound believe that a...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Cancer, Astana, Don Catlin, New York, Tours de France, It's Not About the Bike, and World Anti-Doping Agency
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Richard William Duncan Pound, OC, OQ (born March 22, 1942) is a Canadian lawyer, partner of the law firm Stikeman Elliott, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) based in Montreal, and former chancellor of McGill University. He is a former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of that organization.
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