It is being claimed the governing body for world athletics has suppressed a study showing up to a third of top international athletes have violated anti-doping rules.<br /><br /> Report: IAAF ‘suppressed’ survey showing widespread athletics doping. http://t.co/5WCeM8xRZV pic.twitter.com/JTKEiMYvaM— Mashable (@mashable) August 16, 2015<br /><br /> A report leaked to a British newspaper suggests that hundreds of athletes admitted some form of cheating.<br /><br /> The German university behind the 2011 research, which was funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is reportedly claiming the IAAF blocked publication and prevented the authors from speaking out about it.<br /><br /> The IAAF response<br /><br /> The IAAF, however, says discussions are ongoing about making the findings public.<br /><br /> The organisation is due to elect a new president this week. <br /><br /> It has said recently that action has begun against 28 athletes after the retesting of samples from 2005 and 2007 revealed what was termed “adverse findings”.
