English major newspaper claiming Norwegian samples are suspicious – Aftenposten

The British major newspaper Sunday Times has published a list showing that five percent of blood samples to Norwegian athletes from endurance athletes in the period 2001 to 2012 may be called abnormal.

– There I was not aware of, but it was much, says athletics president Svein Arne Hansen, according to VG.

It is the newspaper Sunday Times and the German television channel ARD that have gained access to 12,000 samples from 5,000 practitioners. The results are discouraging.

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The findings should show that 800 athletes who have competed in ranging from 800 meters to the marathon has delivered suspicious or highly suspicious doping tests, and that one third of the medals won at the World Championships and Olympic Games from 2001 to 2012 were won by athletes who have submitted suspicious tests.

Russia is the country hardest hit by accusations. 30 percent of the blood samples is suspicious. (© NTB)