TIRELESS ZEAL
After three terms as WADA president, the Canadian IOC member will hand over the reins when his successor is elected this week during the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Madrid.
Under Pound's guidance, an anti-doping code and a uniform list of banned substances and sanctions were put in place.
Approaching the challenge with tireless zeal, Pound persuaded, badgered and bullied sports federations and nearly 200 countries to adopt the anti-doping code, threatening non-compliant nations with Olympic expulsion.
Pound feels his biggest accomplishment was bringing unprecedented awareness to his cause.
While North America's big four professional leagues dismissed his criticisms of their drugs policies, the US government and sports fans began to listen and question.
''Getting it (doping) on the radar screen was important,'' said Pound. ''Media are aware of it, policy makers are aware of it, parents are aware of it, athletes are aware of it. That's been satisfying.'' Pound said he had no shortage of ways to fill his time in the future and that a post with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was intriguing but not his only option.
''I'm not a very electable person,'' conceded Pound, who failed in a bid for the IOC presidency in 2001. ''It's the jobs that are important.
''Realistically I've done more good for the Olympic movement in this job than cutting ribbons and kissing babies as president of the IOC.''
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