WADA alarmed by extent of allegations from leaked blood tests data (Reuters)

By Karolos Grohmann KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency on Sunday said it was alarmed by the size and extent of “wild” doping allegations after IAAF test data leaked to news organizations showed hundreds of suspect samples from athletes, including Olympic and world championship medalists. Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper and German broadcaster ARD/WDR say they had been given access to the results of 12,359 blood tests given by more than 5,000 athletes over 11 years in a case that could plunge athletics into a new doping crisis. “These are wild allegations, wide allegations and we will check them out and have that done with the commission as quickly as possible,” WADA chief Craig Reedie told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.