OLYMPICS IOC president insists U.S. officials should come clean on drug tests

The IOC wants details about athletes who were exonerated.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- IOC president Jacques Rogge says U.S. Olympic officials must come clean on their handling of positive drug tests.
Rogge said the U.S. Olympic Committee should provide full disclosure when it reports to the IOC executive board on its drug-testing program from 1985 to 2000.
The IOC asked for the details after the USOC's former doping control chief contended many athletes failed tests but competed in the Olympics after the USOC cleared them on grounds of inadvertent use.
"We want to hear why the athletes were exonerated," Rogge told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "We want to see if there was a valid reason. If not, we want to see if this was widespread."
In a separate investigation, Rogge said the board will examine accusations that sprinter Jerome Young tested positive for steroids a year before the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The case could lead to the loss of a U.S. relay team gold medal.
Question marks
Rogge described the USOC's former confidentiality rules, which prevented disclosure of doping cases, as a "recipe for cover-ups."
"There has been a question mark over U.S. athletes," he said. "It is in the USOC's interest to disclose everything. What is important is that things are put on the table and people can make a judgment."
A USOC delegation led by acting president Bill Martin will report to the IOC on Thursday, the second day of board meetings.
"The report will show that adverse analytical findings were adjudicated in accordance with the rules in place at the time," USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel said. "The report will show there was no coordinated effort to suppress or cover up results."
The delegation also will stress the drug-testing program in America has been "significantly" improved since being taken over by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in 2000, he said.
The group also will include USOC chief executive Jim Scherr, general counsel Jeff Benz, anti-doping expert Rich Young and former USADA chairman and 1972 Olympic marathon champion Frank Shorter.