No room for complacency
17/11/2009 12:01 PM
only weapons being the power of persuasion, or public scrutiny.
"I wouldn't describe it as frustrating, I would describe it as interesting," he said.
China, by comparison, had different issues but the staging of the Beijing Olympic Games had been a significant factor while Wada also had good connections with the Chinese government. There was a reaction which tended to be heavy-handed with immediate life bans being put in place.
But the greater issue was the manufacturing of the raw materials to the doping industry which was very hard to shut down, he said.
Howman said it was believed there was more money made in distributing steroids than in dishing out heroin.