31. The international swimming federation will discuss in Atlanta next week whether to pursue the Jessica Foschi drug case even though she was cleared in this country by arbitration. 32. The IOC is trying to harmonize the anti-doping policies of both international federations and national committees. 33. The international federation was force-feeding extreme difficulty into routines, thereby starving athletes and blinding coaches from doing reasonable things. 34. The IOC allows each international athletic federation to decide whether professionals may participate. 35. The IOC is also at odds with the international federations for soccer, cycling and tennis about suspension of athletes detected taking drugs. 36. The international federation does not require the new balls to be used. 37. The international federation has extended its war on runners-as-billboards to tattoos, ruling them taboo. 38. The league says it will be happy to talk money when the agreement with the international federation ends next year. 39. The international federation has given thumbs-up and SLOC agrees. 40. The international swimming federation wrote a few rules last week that represent an attempt to rid the sport of drug abuse. |
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