Edwin Moses Announces Candidacy for WADA President

U.S. Olympic champion hurdler Edwin Moses has announced that he will be in contention for the presidency of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper reported that the Olympian would stand for the position, symptoms which alternates between government and sport leaders.

Moses will compete against International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Craig Reedie and Patrick Schamasch, physician the IOC’s former medical and scientific director, for the position, which is a voluntary role.

Moses has past involvement in the anti-doping movement both as an athlete and since his retirement. The candidate’s credentials for the position draw from his promotion of “drug-free” sports in addition to Moses’ involvement in the 1980s and 1990s with the development, administration and implementation of the initial wave of in- and out-of-competition random drug testing programs.

Sir Craig is considered to be the favourite to land the role to replace current president John Fahey, who has been in power since 2008.

In June Sir Craig confirmed that he wanted the IOC to put him forward for the position and told iSportconnect: “I hope they do (nominate me). I would be happy to help.”

The IOC is set to pick the winning candidate at the committee’s Executive Board meeting in Moscow on 9 August before the start of the IAAF World Championships.

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