Richard Pound
Richard Pound
Richard William Duncan "Dick" Pound, CC OQ QCis a Canadian lawyer and author, and a former competitive swimmer. He is a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agencybased in Montreal, and a former chancellor of McGill University. He served as vice-president of the International Olympic Committeefrom 1987 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2000, and was a one-time candidate for the presidency of that organization...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 March 1942
CountryCanada
We were concerned something might be going on in Italy.
All this cheating goes on under the supposedly watchful eyes of cycling officials, who loudly proclaim that their sport is drug-free and committed to remaining so. Based on performance, they should not be allowed outdoors without white canes and seeing-eye dogs.
The first practical impact of this could be when the qualifying tournaments for the 2008 Olympics would occur.
I said, 'Please, you don't have to offer me a million bucks. I want to do this cause it's right for the Olympics,'
I don't understand why they're not stepping up to that and saying, 'Well, I guess we do know how the name got public, we made it possible,'
We are working with leading genetic scientists day by day. People may try and use that method but we will be ready for them with a test.