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ATHLETICS: European records to get to be reviewed

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The track and field record book in Europe is being reviewed to see if it can still be believed to be clean of doping. European Athletics said yesterday it has created “a task force to examine the credibility of European records.”

Current records include several set in the 1980s by athletes from Soviet Bloc countries, including East Germany. Some times in women’s track events still stand as world records.

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