BNOC accepts blame after doping incident
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The athlete has been slapped with a two-year suspension by the International Amateur Athletics Association (IAAF) for using performance-enhancing substances. BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho admitted that they have failed to educate athletes against substance abuse.
He blamed the lapse on the lack of finance. He said BNOC has ignored doping because it never thought it was a problem among the country's sportsmen and women.
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