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Munich - 14 January 2016
1. Various of IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) president Sebastian Coe in audience for WADA news conference
2. Panel at podium
3. Cameramen filming
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard W. Pound, WADA founding president and former IOC vice-president:
"We were careful to point out that the council could not have been unaware of the situation, and we hold to that. But as far as the ability of Lord Coe to remain at the head of the IAAF, I think it is a fabulous opportunity for the IAAF to seize this opportunity, and under a strong leadership, to move forward out of this. There's an enormous amount of reputational recovery that has to occur here, and, if we're descending to personalities, I can't think of anyone better than Lord Coe to lead that."
5. Panel at news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard W. Pound, WADA founding president and former IOC Vice president:
"As far as the blood database is concerned: again, we're not coming down to the level of any individual athlete. We haven't dealt with Paula Radcliffe or any other athlete in that, that's something that will be a matter to be dealt with between her and presumably the IAAF for the UK Athletics."
7. Journalists and camera operators
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard W. Pound, WADA founding president and former IOC Vice president:
"I think the IAAF has its own process that it's going through. This is something that affects athletics, and I'm sure athletics is going to take advantage of the opportunity offered by our exposure of what has gone on in Russia."
9. Camera screen showing Pound speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard W. Pound, WADA founding president and former IOC Vice president:
"We set out the path for Russia to get back onside. Right now as it stands, it has no accredited laboratory, its National Federation for Athletics has been suspended and it's been declared non-code compliant as far as WADA is concerned. All of those things can be resolved if Russia takes the matter seriously and really focuses on getting its act together."
11. Speakers at panel
STORYLINE:
A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) panel on Thursday laid considerable blame for the doping scandal at the feet of the council of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
IAAF leaders must have been aware of the full extent of doping in Russia but did nothing to stop it, and the track and field organisation itself was riddled by corruption, the panel declared at a news conference in Munich, Germany.
The current president of the IAAF, Sebastian Coe, was in the audience as the doping report's writer, ex-WADA head Dick (Richard) Pound, presented the findings.
He listened as Pound rattled off some grim conclusions about the IAAF, including that it remained, he said, an organisation in denial.
However, Pound backed Coe to stay at the helm of the IAAF, saying he was the best man to lead the organisation out of the crisis and restore its credibility.
This was the second of two reports from Pound.
His previous report, released in November, detailed corruption in Russia.
Since then, the country's track team has been suspended, along with its antidoping agency and the Moscow antidoping lab.
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