1.   Arne Ljungqvist, the Swede who heads the IAAF doping commission, suggested the decision might have been a way of forcing the hand of the Congress.

2.   Chairman of the IAAF doping commission Arne Ljungqvist said the case should be heard within three months, but he hoped it would be sooner.

3.   FINA secretary Gunnar Werner said FINA would pursue the matter by calling together its doping commission to hear charges against Leopold as soon as possible.

4.   His case will be examined at the next meeting of the UCI doping commission after the end of the Tuur.

5.   In February, the doping commission of the IAAF recommended that the ban be lifted and the Council agreed with its vote Monday.

6.   On Tuesday, Ljungqvist said the doping commission had received the documents but had yet to finish examining them.

7.   The IAAF doping commission is expected to study the Mitchell case.

8.   The sides have been unable so far to agree on a date for the hearing, but the IAAF doping commission reported Friday that the details were almost settled.

9.   The IAAF doping commission demanded the report after German tester Klaus Wengoborski complained.