The Russian state-sponsored doping scandal may just be the tip of the iceberg as stunning new allegations of blackmail are set to be unveiled against the former head of track and field's international governing body.
Canadian investigative journalist Declan Hill's told Radio LIVE's Sunday Sport that evidence has emerged that the former chief of the IAAF, Lamine Diack, was involved in widespread cover-ups of drug use in track and field, the details of which will be revealed when lawyer Richard McLaren releases the second of his reports on Friday.
"There were dozens, if not hundreds, of doping tests that were shown to be positive, and then the head of international track and field went to the athletes and said 'hey, I can make this problem go away if you pay me money,'" claims Hill.
McLaren's ongoing investigation, in conjunction with French prosecutors, will supposedly expose a complex network of corruption, which Hill believes to be a 'return to the East German doping of the 1970s and 1980s'.
'It's an extraordinary story. It's basically Lance Armstrong meets The Sopranos - organized crime deep in the doping world."
McLaren's original report uncovered Russia's use of 'disappearing positive [test] methodology', which ultimately resulted in over 150 over their Athletics competitors being banned from taking part at the Rio Olympics.
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