IAAF: 28 athletes with positive tests from ’05, ’07 worlds

FILE - In this March 28, 2015 file photo, of a girl as she flies a kite on Olympic Green near Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Birds Nest. The IAAF said Tuesday Aug. 11, 2015 that 28 athletes tested positive after their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships were reanalyzed. Track and field's governing body did not name any of the athletes, who produced 32 positive findings in tests from the 2005 championships in Helsinki and 2007 meeting in Osaka. The next athletics world championships will begin in Beijing on Aug. 22 . (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE - In this March 28, 2015 file photo, of a girl as she flies a kite on Olympic Green near Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Birds Nest. The IAAF said Tuesday Aug. 11, 2015 that 28 athletes tested positive after their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships were reanalyzed. Track and field's governing body did not name any of the athletes, who produced 32 positive findings in tests from the 2005 championships in Helsinki and 2007 meeting in Osaka. The next athletics world championships will begin in Beijing on Aug. 22 . (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

By Associated Press August 11, 2015 3 min read

LONDON (AP) – Facing a barrage of criticism over its handling of drug-test results, the IAAF announced Tuesday that 28 athletes had been caught in retests of their doping samples from the 2005 and 2007 world championships.

The test results were disclosed following weeks of damaging headlines for track and field’s governing body. Media outlets in Germany in Britain, citing leaked test results from an IAAF database, asserted that blood doping was rampant in the sport and the IAAF was not doing enough to stop it.

In announcing the new wave of positive tests, the International Association of Athletics Federations said it was committed to using “every means at its disposal … to root out the cheats.”

The IAAF did not name any of the 28 athletes, who produced 32 positive findings in tests from the 2005 championships in Helsinki and the 2007 worlds in Osaka, Japan.

The IAAF said none of the athletes will be competing in the upcoming world championships in Beijing, which begin Aug. 22.