Arne Ljungqvist
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"Arne Gunnar Gunnarsson Ljungqvist", born April 23, 1931 in Stockholm is a Sweden/Swedish medical researcher and sports personality. Ljungqvist is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), chairman of IOC's Medical Commission, and vice chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

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That he was in the same area (as the athletes) created quite some concern for us.

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We never asked the Italian police to take action. We informed them that we would conduct testing on the evening of the 18th and they decided to take action at the same time.

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We are very much aware...We are pre pared. We are ready to take the challenge on board, should it occur.

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We, like many other federations, were not 100 percent happy with the code, but for the sake of harmonization and loyalty and to move the code forward we sort of compromised, all of us.

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We had such information that a raid was a necessity.

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Attempts are out there to pick up what science is giving.

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We have such evidence that this raid was necessary.

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We adopted the WADA code two years ago at our last congress including the two years' ban.

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I believe they may well, if they have been properly stored ? without access to outside people so they cannot be tampered with. Also in a refrigerator or deep frozen, ... If not in such a situation ? there's no guarantee they have not been subjected to undue temperatures.

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