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01 May 2017 14:12
European Athletics endorses record “revolution” plan
The European Athletics Council has accepted a project team’s recommendations
that would lead to the rewriting of the world and European records lists.
The project team’s report, which calls for higher technical standards,
increased doping control measures and new personal integrity requirements for
record holders, will be forwarded to the IAAF with the recommendation that
the two organisations coordinate the implementation of new record ratification
rules.
Speaking after the Council’s meeting in Paris, from 28 to 30 April, President
Svein Arne Hansen said “performance records that show the limits of human
capabilities are one of the great strengths of our sport, but they are meaningless
if people don’t really believe them.
“What we are proposing is revolutionary, not just because most world and
European records will have to be replaced but because we want to change
the concept of a record and raise the standards for recognition a point where
everyone can be confident that everything is fair and above board.