Drugs raid on Austrian team, Pound, IOC presser, Italian govt reax

• published: 30 Jul 2015
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SHOTLIST 1. Postcard of Austrian biathlon team 2. Pan to STILL of Walter Mayer 3. Close up of Mayer still on postcard 4. Pan of International Olympic Committee (IOC) news conference 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Giselle Davies, IOC Communications Director: "Given that Mr. Mayer had been declared ineligible to participate in the Winter Olympic Games up to and including 2010 due to his involvement in blood manipulation offences that were committed at Salt Lake City, the IOC fulfilled its responsibility last night to conduct anti-doping controls on athletes who might have been under his influence." 6. Various of Arne Ljungqvist at press conference 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Arne Ljungqvist, IOC Medical Commission Chairman: "It was not our business at all. Two totally different, separate actions based on independent decisions, taken in our case with respect to conducting doping controls, in the Italian authorities case with respect to taking action or not, and that they decided to take." 8. Various of Ljungqvist at press conference 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Arne Ljungqvist, IOC Medical Commission Chairman: "It is the routine of International Federations, I hope in general, and certainly by the IOC to make target testing. That's perfectly normal and to be expected. So I think the Austrians, the behaviour of the Austrians in Salt Lake City, of the Austrian coach and doctor and other people around invited suspicion and we took action and we are taking action." 10. Mid of Mario Pescante talking to journalists 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Pescante, IOC Member and Government supervisor for the Games: "He (Walter Mayer) is not a criminal. We are trying to find him but he is an Austrian citizen. This... in particular investigation for him. He booked a place in this residence but yesterday was present." (Question: So you are not looking to arrest him?) "No, no, no." 12. Mid of Dick Pound, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dick Pound, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency "No, it's going to depend on what they found and as far as the athletes are concerned it is going to depend on what the tests show. I do think the message is that the sportsmen and the public authorities are prepared to work together and can work together to try and keep competitions clean." 14. Mid of Austrian biathlon team postcard 15. Close up of Mayer still on postcard STORYLINE Italian authorities seized materials in a surprise late-night sweep through the living quarters of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country teams - the first anti-doping police raid on athletes in Olympic history. While Italian police searched the residences late on Saturday and early Sunday morning, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) also conducted unannounced, out-of-competition drug tests on at least six Austrian cross-country skiers and four biathletes. "Two totally different, separate actions based on independent decisions", IOC Medical Commission Chairman Arne Ljungqvist said, "taken in our case with respect to conducting doping controls, in the Italian authorities case with respect to taking action or not, and that they decided to take." The Austrian cross-country relay team competed on Sunday morning in the men's 4x10 kilometre relay, finishing last out of 16 teams. The probe began when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) discovered blood-doping equipment in Austria connected to Walter Mayer, an Austrian Nordic team coach banned from the Olympics for suspicion of performing blood transfusions at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Doping control officers discovered the equipment in Austria and were told Mayer was with the team at the Turin Games, WADA chairman Dick Pound told The Associated Press. Keyword-winter olympics Turin You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/afb56ccc37e054bc0b6a6cb67767c7d3 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork