Monte-Carlo - The IAAF is pleased to report that all doping control tests conducted at the recently completed IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary (8 October) have returned negative results.

The IAAF completed a large testing programme at the Championships with a total of 94 athletes tested either before or during the competition. This testing included 77 blood screens taken prior to the competition and 17 tests during the competition (all in-competition samples were tested for EPO). As usual, all information collected from the blood screening will be added to the IAAF database to aid in the individual profiling of athlete blood parameters.

Furthermore, with 141 athletes taking the start line in Debrecen, these figures mean that approximately 65% of all competing athletes were tested at this event demonstrating once again the commitment and resources provided by the IAAF in this area.

In reporting these results IAAF President Lamine Diack said "we have just completed a very successful IAAF World Anti-Doping Symposium where our elite athletes stressed their commitment to drug free sport, so in this manner it is particularly pleasing that all these results are negative and we can applaud the wonderful efforts achieved at this event".