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Moynihan fights for drugs ban

Thursday 17 November 2011 01:00 GMT
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Colin Moynihan, the British Olympic Association chairman, said the BOA will "vigorously defend" its selection policy in the face of a challenge from the World Anti-Doping Agency. The matter will be taken before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to secure clarification over the BOA's position of a lifetime ban for drug cheats. The BOA enforces a lifetime ban for doping offenders, the only national Olympic committee to do so.

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