Quotes by Arne Ljungqvist

“For us to put in a new element would cause serious problems. We should avoid that.”

“I believe they may well, if they have been properly stored ? without access to outside people so they cannot be tampered with. Also in a refrigerator or deep frozen, ... If not in such a situation ? theres no guarantee they have not been subjected to undue temperatures.”

“We adopted the WADA code two years ago at our last congress including the two years ban,”

“We are very much aware...We are pre pared. We are ready to take the challenge on board, should it occur.”

“Attempts are out there to pick up what science is giving.”

“We, like many other federations, were not 100 percent happy with the code, but for the sake of harmonization and loyalty and to move the code forward we sort of compromised, all of us.”

“That he was in the same area (as the athletes) created quite some concern for us.”

“We never asked the Italian police to take action. We informed them that we would conduct testing on the evening of the 18th and they decided to take action at the same time.”

“We had such information that a raid was a necessity.”

“We have such evidence that this raid was necessary.”