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 UKA's document "A Manifesto for Clean Athletics" was published on
Monday, three days before the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is due
to reveal the second half of its independent report into widespread
doping in the sport.
UKA, the ruling body of British athletics, made nine key
recommendations, including resetting the record books and banning
drug cheats for two Olympic cycles.
It also proposed publishing a public global register of drug tests,
the criminalisation of the supply or procurement of
performance-enhancing drugs and calling for WADA to keep a register
of all missed tests.
Athletics, the showpiece sport of the Olympic Games, experienced a
traumatic year in 2015 with life bans for officials following
allegations of doping, cover-ups, bribery and corruption.
Russia was suspended from international competition for what WADA
described as "state-sponsored doping".
UKA chairman Ed Warner said it was time for "radical reform", adding
"the integrity of athletics was challenged as never before in 2015.
"Trust in the sport is at its lowest point for decades, and clean
athletes have been let down.
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"Greater transparency tougher sanctions longer bans -- and even
resetting the clock on world records for a new era -- we should be
open to do whatever it takes to restore credibility in the sport,"
he said.
(Reporting by Mike Collett, Editing by Ed Osmond)
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