Wells slams new doping allegations

LONDON: Olympic champion Allan Wells has hit out at fresh allegations made by the BBC that he took performance-enhancing drugs.
Edinburgh-born Wells, who won gold in the 100 metres at the 1980 Moscow Games, reacted furiously after receiving a letter from BBC Scotland.
The letter alleged Wells and six other athletes were supplied with the banned steroid Stromba by James Ledingham, who was doctor to British Olympic sprinters at the Moscow Olympics.
Drew McMaster and David Jenkins, who together with Wells were members of the Scotland team that won 4x100m relay gold at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, have previously admitted taking banned substances.
McMaster repeated to the BBC allegations he first made in the 1990s that both Wells and Cameron Sharp, the other member of the quartet, had taken drugs.
Both Wells and Sharp have always vigorously denied the claims.
Wells said in quotes carried by Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper: “Once again I find myself having to deny these false and malicious rumours regarding doping that threaten to do untold damage to my reputation.”