now become one of the leaders in fighting doping in sport.
now become one of the leaders in fighting doping in sport.
"At that time (when doping in cycling was exposed to the world) I don't think people fully understood the depth to which some people had conspired and indulged in doping practices. I want to look forward. We have learnt our lessons from that period and the report of the commission had 35 recommendations. We have fulfilled all those now and from being in a situation where we were in a constant conflict with WADA, we are now strong partners with them.
"We are working in association with a lot of national anti-doping agencies. We have restored the faith and frankly we are now the amongst the leaders in anti-doping. Many of the sports should take note of the work we have done and apply to themselves."
Cookson felt the 37th Asian Championships held here has been very well organised and the standard of competition was high.
"It is great to see so many Asian nations participating.
Indian cycling is getting stronger and stronger with continued investment and support for the velodrome and for the national cycling federation and for coaching.
"We have a great velodrome here and we have been supporting it by giving UCI World Satellite Center status to it and we have seen young riders coming through now, a lot of young potential. I think Indian cycling will be stronger and stronger," the UCI chief said with CFI Secretary General Onkar Singh by his side.
Cookson said that cyclists from neighbouring Asian countries can start training at the IGI velodrome and that will benefit the Indians.
"UCI has a training center at our headquarters in Switzerland. We try to bring potential riders there, but we can't bring all riders to Switzerland.
"By establishing a satellite center here, it can host cyclists from nearby countries. It is a part of our international development programme. It will benefit India because Indian potential cyclists can train and compete with other young riders from Asia and nearby countries."
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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