A leading French doping expert claims sports authorities are covering up the real reasons for a recent spate of deaths which have been ascribed to heart failure, AFP reported Wednesday.
Ten athletes, including six cyclists, have died in Europe over the last six months but Jean-Paul Escande, former head of the French National Doping Commission, says he is staggered by the way their deaths have been "swept under the carpet" as fate.
"I am appalled by the explanations for these sudden deaths," Escande told Le Monde. "Why, for example, have no studies been carried out on the effects of human growth hormones on an athlete's heart? I'll tell you why. It is because we don't want to know............
