THE FACTS BEHIND THE ATHLETICS DOPING SAGA
- Between 2001 and 2012, A third of Olympics and World championship medals won (146, including 55 golds) in endurance events were by athletes who recorded suspicious blood test results.
- None of the above athletes have been stripped of their medals.
- According to scientists, more than 800 athletes - one in seven of those named in the files - recorded blood tests described as being "highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal".
- Ten medals at the 2012 London Olympics were won by athletes who have dubious test results. In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.
- Athletes including champion runners Mo Farah and Usain Bolt emerged as clean with no abnormal results.
- Russia, Ukraine, Morocco, Spain and Kenya are claimed to top the list of countries with athletes who recorded abnormal blood test results, while Ireland, Canada, Serbia and New Zealand were at the bottom.
- More than 80 per cent of Russia's medals have been won by questionable performances while Kenya had 18 medals won by athletes with suspicious results.
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