Hungarian anti-doping body rejects claims of systematic doping at weightlifting events

The Hungarian anti-doping body (MACS) on Monday rejected claims of a documentary of the German state broadcaster ARD, which alleged systematic doping in weightlifting events supervised by the body. Aired on Sunday, the documentary levelled serious charges against Tamas Ajan, the president of the Budapest-based International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), saying systematic doping was practised with the knowledge of the body. IWF had commissioned MACS with supervising all large-scale competitions and almost all world championships, the documentary said. In a statement signed by managing director Agnes Tiszeker, MACS said that the German state broadcaster had disregarded the facts provided by the body. "Vague, malignant insinuations" have presented the work of MACS doping controllers in a "false and unacceptable light", the statement said.