Topic: Tamás Aján and WADA

[Walter Bailey]

I looked up Tamás Aján on Wikipedia, and I found the end of the third paragraph interesting.  It says he is a council member to WADA.  I can't help but think that there must be some sort of conflict of interest here.  I don't want to accuse the man of anything, and I will assume that he is doing everything he can to stop doping in our sport.  HOWEVER, if there were some corruption, I can't help but think that one could use his position in WADA...Say, for example, would a nation/athlete be able to bribe some information out of him, such as out of comp testing schedules?

Walter

Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam%C3%A1s_Aj%C3%A1n

[Jack Dluzen]

INTERESTING THOUGHTS WALTER!  IT REALLY MAKES  A PERSON THINK  IF IT  COULD HAPPEN

[Walter Bailey]

I'm kind of surprised by lack of responses.  Was this something everybody already knew?  Or people don't care, or perhaps people are not worried about any conflict of interest?

Walter

PS  Since I learned this, I have heard rumors (and they are just that, rumors) that he had been "protecting" some athletes

[Matt Erdman]

I'm kind of surprised by lack of responses.  Was this something everybody already knew?  Or people don't care, or perhaps people are not worried about any conflict of interest?

Walter

PS  Since I learned this, I have heard rumors (and they are just that, rumors) that he had been "protecting" some athletes

I'm not scared of the Hungarians!  :)laughbounce

It's all politics, and nothing about politics surprises me.

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

I did not know it, but I am not surprised. A legitimate explanation is that it is essential that the sports with doping problems be involved in combating the problem and on the other hand it looks like it could be a conflict of interest. The IWF makes money from records, not doping positives. On the other hand, it seems clear that drug testing is having an impact in the battle of evasion versus detection.

[Guy Greavette]

This is a very interesting topic. If you look at the number of weightlifters and the countries that these athletes represent who have tested positive over the past few years, I think that you will see that it appears that some headway is being made in the fight against doping in our sport. Do we know how many of those testing positive were via IWF Testing vs WADA Testing? I think it is good that for our sport that Ajan is a WADA Board member (I think he has been in from the beginning) and as a IOC member. I think that we can also see that though athletes are testing positive from certain countries that are strong in Weightlifting, that those countries still seem to continue having athletes perform at a high level. Is it because they find new ways to enhance performance or do they have a great system of support for the sport of Weightlifting. I think the worst thing for our sport is to have a policy where a country can buy their way out of a suspension. Is Ajan on the up and up, I would hope so, because if he isn't and it ever came to light that he was not, it would most certainly be most devestating for our sport. 

[Guy Greavette]

IWF NOTICES:
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1) IWF Out of competition testing results     
2007-08-31 14:51:00   

The IWF has carried out an extensive out of competition doping
control testing in the past few month to try to ensure equal chances
for all lifters at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC)
in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Based on the IWF Anti Doping rules all Adverse Analytical Findings
 (AAF) shall kept confidential until the cases are closed. However
given the short timeline until the 2007 WWC the IWF given shorter
deadlines for the countries and lifters involved to request the B
sample analysis and/or the Hearing.

For equality and fairness the IWF hereby lists only the name of the
countries and the gender of the concerned athletes involved and
facing sanctions for positive doping tests (results received until
31st September 2007).

In 2007
ALB - KASAJ FETIE/Ms.    
ALB - 3 male lifters
BLR - HRAMYKA TATSIANA/Ms.    
BLR - 1 female lifter
BUL - 1 female lifter
CHN - WU DAN / Ms.    
COL - PARDO MARRUGO NIDIA ROSA / Ms.    
CZE - JOSEFI NIKOLA / Ms.    
ECU - PACHO JESSICA / Ms.       
ECU - PALACIOS DAVID       
ECU - TENERIO ROSA / Ms.
EGY - ELSAYED M.AMIR MAHMOUD
EGY - MOHAMMED GABER
ESA - MARTINEZ MARVIN       
ESA - MEDRANO ERICKA / Ms.
GUA - COJOM MADGA / Ms.
IND - 1 male lifter
KEN - OBERIO DAVID                   
MDA - CIRICU ANATOLI       
MEX - 1 female lifter   
POL - TOMASZ LEKS