The athletics world governing body IAAF said on Tuesday that an
athlete has failed a doping test at the World Athletics Final in
Stuttgart in September.
However, IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss declined to name
the athlete, saying that "it will be announced shortly."
Yet, no positive tests were reported at other major competitions
in recent months, including August's world junior championships in
Beijing, September's World Cup in Athens and October's world road
running championships in Hungary, Weiss said.
Weiss said in Monaco that of the 2,347 tests conducted this year
up to Oct. 23, both in and out of competition, 39 had been
positive.
(Xinhua?News Agency?November 15, 2006)