Westmounter Dick Pound has dedicated his life to clean sport
The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada鈥檚 upcoming conference 鈥淟ifting off and Flying High鈥� focuses on cultivating talent and success in this country in the fields of culture, high-tech, and athletics.
But one of the panelists, Westmount resident and former Olympian Dick Pound (BCom鈥�62), knows that in sports where milliseconds separate first and second place, the drive for success at all costs can be a destructive force.
Pound is a former Olympic-level swimmer, former vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, and founder and first president of the World Anti-Doping agency.聽 He is a staunch advocate of strict drug testing for athletes, and for years was engaged in a high-profile public battle with now-disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, with Pound trying to convince the latter to come clean over long-time rumours concerning drug use.
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