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 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency warned Friday that "more than a handful" of Olympic sports have failed to comply with anti-doping rules, endangering their place in future games.
"We suspect there is substantial noncompliance by many of the international federations," Dick Pound told the International Olympic Committee assembly. "If a sport or a national Olympic committee is not code compliant, the sport in particular cannot remain on the program of the Olympic Games."
Pound later declined to say which sports are in danger, but said he hoped the warning would prod them to action before a report by WADA in September. If any of the federations still fail to comply by a WADA board meeting in November 2008, the agency will report those sports to the IOC for possible action.
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