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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) reported today that the the ongoing sports doping investigation in Spain is exclusive to cycling and does not involve track and field athletes. The investigation, Operation Puerto, is being conducted by Spain's Guardia Civil, the national police.
Recent press reports have suggested that documents generated during the investigation have implicated track and field athletes in addition to cyclists. But a letter received by IAAF President Lamine Diack from Jaime Lissavetzky-Diez, Spain’s Minister of Sport, contradicts this.
"In this letter, the Minister confirms that his report... does not include any athletes' names or the identification of any other people except those directly related to the sport of cycling," read the IAAF statement.
Preliminary results of Operation Purto led to key cyclists being barred from participation in the Tour de France, which concluded last Sunday, including podium favorites Ivan Basso and Jan Ulrich. The Tour was won by American Floyd Landis, but news reports released today by hundreds of news outlets report that Landis showed high levels of testosterone after stage 17 last Thursday. Landis's team, Phonak, has confirmed the report, according to the Associated Press. Landis has been suspended by his Phonak team pending confirmation of the results through testing of the "B" sample (a second sample is tested to confirm the outcome of testing of the first sample).
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