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An in the British newspaper The Sunday Times claims that around a of the world's top athletes at a major event cheated by using . The newspaper says a study was carried out during the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea in 2011. It showed that 29-34 per cent of the 1,800 had used performance-enhancing drugs in the 12 months. Reporters say that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) knew about the report but blocked its . The study was conducted by Germany's University of Tubingen. The IAAF said there were things with the report. It added that it is in to help publish it one .

The in the report are a huge to the athletics world. The Sunday Times reports that one-third of the in endurance at the Olympics and World Championships were won by athletes who had very blood readings. The World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday that it would investigate the in the report. It said an independent has already started work on this. The lead author of the report, Dr Rolf Ulrich, told The Sunday Times that he and his were ordered not to discuss their research or the report. He said: "It's because the IAAF is blocking it. I think they are with WADA and they just blocked the whole ."


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