LONDON (AP) — Track and field’s world governing body is investigating the Russian coach at the center of a major doping scandal in race-walking and is confident he will be kicked out of the sport.
IAAF anti-doping manager Thomas Capdevielle says disciplinary procedures have been opened against Viktor Chegin, who heads the Russian race-walking center in Saransk and has coached more than 20 athletes caught for doping in recent years.
Capdevielle says “the case is currently being investigated and pursued as an anti-doping violation.”
He says the International Association of Athletics Federations has to find evidence that Chegin “actively administered substances or facilitated the doping.”
Capdevielle says “we are confident it will end up in a satisfying conclusion for us, with a sanction and this coach out of the sport.”
