But the UK Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday admitted that the hackers had gained access to the private medical records of 53 British athletes when it used a phishing email to break illegally into Wada’s anti-doping administration and management system (Adams).
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Wiggins was given injections of triamcinolone acetonide, a strong corticosteroid.
A spokesperson for the 36-year-old said: “There’s nothing new here”.
“Our cyclists have sent a letter of the IOC, WADA and UCI where they demand the setting-up of an worldwide commission to scrutinise Rodchenkov’s claims cited in the report by Richard McClaren and exclusion of Rodchenkov’s evidence from the report if the experts don’t recognise the claims as grounded ones”, sports lawyer Artyom Patsev, who represents the athletes, wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
Ukad’s chief executive, Nicole Sapstead, said she was “incredibly concerned and disappointed” by the invasion of privacy, adding that she found it “incredibly distressing”. “We remain confident of our athlete community and their commitment to clean sport”. The fight against cybercattacks can not be linked to the restoration of the rights of athletes.
The hacker group has already released confidential records belonging to United States athletes, including gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams.
The statement did not name the athletes but revealed the nationalities.
Olivier Niggli, WADA’s Director General condemned the attacks, saying they “seriously undermine the work that is being carried out to rebuild a compliant anti-doping program in Russian Federation”.
“WADA is very mindful that this criminal attack, which to date has recklessly exposed personal data of 29 athletes”. “To those athletes that have been impacted, we regret that criminals have attempted to smear your reputations in this way”.
15 de septiembre de 2016, 16:05Moscow, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) The Russian government today rejected accusations by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) according to which the recent attacks by hackers of that country against this entity would have government support, and vowed to fight them.
Richard McLaren, Lawyer and author of the damning WADA report that exposed state-sponsored doping in Russian Federation said: “Releasing the information without that explanation is simply a smear against athletes because they are entitled to, if they follow the rules, have a TUE and use a prohibited substance because it’s necessary for whatever the medical condition is”.
And Russian boxer Mikhail Aloyan, a two-time world champion and silver medallist in Rio, has had his TUE for a nasal decongestant listed on the Fancy Bears website.
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“There are probably 40-50 athletes we are trying to make contact with”, she said.
