Event Date: May 9, 2016 - 12:00am to 1:30pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAN9SNX5BI&feature=youtu.be

Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., room 4004 (5th floor)

Dick Pound, Former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Presented by CIPS

Free. In English. Registration is not required but seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Cheating in sports via steroids and other performance enhancing drugs will probably never be eradicated, but the small, steady victories keep coming. With the recent ban against Russian athletes competing in International Association of Athletics Federation events, the problem of doping has never been more pressing as an international policy issue. Pound’s zero tolerance for doping in sports and his decades-long quest to literally level the playing field have uncovered many cheaters — nations, not just individual athletes — with Kenya providing the next chapter. As a player at the forefront of this international issue, Pound will offer a talk not to be missed.

Dick Pound is the chair of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), an agency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). For more than 20 years, he has been one of the most influential members of the IOC. Pound built the Olympics into one of the richest sports organizations in the world by branding and marketing the Olympic rings and negotiating television rights around the world. On a mission to clean up drug use in sports, Pound became founding president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), retiring in 2007 after an 8-year term. His efforts have made him one of the most renowned leaders in sports. In 2005, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dick Pound is the author of two books: Inside the Olympics: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Politics, the Scandals, and the Glory of the Games and Inside Dope: How Drugs are the Biggest Threat to Sports, Why You Should Care, and What Can Be Done About Them.

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