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Sprinters Who Skipped Anti-Doping Test Already In Bulgaria - Zolkples

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- The three national sprinters who skipped anti-doping test on Monday are believed to be already in Bulgaria.

National Sports Council director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong said their departure for Bulgaria on Thursday was two days earlier than scheduled.

"They were supposed to leave tomorrow but I was told they are in Bulgaria. Who financed their trip to the country?

They were among six sprinters asked to take anti-doping test before leaving for Bulgaria.

On Thursday, three of them met Zolkples and claimed they did it on order from athletics head coach Harun Rasheed.

Zolkples said if it is true that the three are in Bulgaria, they will be hauled up by NSC.

He added Malaysian Amateur Athletics Union (MAAU) president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim contacted him Friday to know what really happened.

Shahidan told him that he only learnt about it via the media before MAAU officials contacted him.

"He admitted not knowing about the anti-doping test and training in Bulgaria. I asked him to investigate and rid MAAU of irresponsible officials."

Meanwhile, the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) has decided to set up a committee to investigate why the six sprinters skipped anti-doping test and whether officials gave them banned substances.

Honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the committee was not intended to punish the athletes involved but to find the cause.

-- BERNAMA

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