It's just as much a violation to be in possession of forbidden doping substances or to have attempted to use them or distributed them to others. All of those are doping violations of the same significance as a positive test.

Attempts are out there to pick up what science is giving.

We are very much aware...We are pre pared. We are ready to take the challenge on board, should it occur.

We adopted the WADA code two years ago at our last congress including the two years' ban,

I believe they may well, if they have been properly stored ? without access to outside people so they cannot be tampered with. Also in a refrigerator or deep frozen, ... If not in such a situation ? there's no guarantee they have not been subjected to undue temperatures.

For us to put in a new element would cause serious problems. We should avoid that.