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Doping is an industry, says honorary life president of FINA

Doping   is an industry, says   honorary life president   of   FINA Doha:   Doping   is an industry which is one step ahead of the anti- doping   and there is a permanent war between fair play and doping , says   Mustapha Larfaoui, honorary Life President   of   Internationale Swimming Federation (FINA) Larfaoui doubts whether sports will win the fight against   doping.   “Sorry to say that, but I am not optimistic. There is a permanent war between fair play and the   doping . We will be winning some of the battles, but we will be losing the war. The problem is that there is an industry which produces and traffics all these prohibited substances and unfortunately   doping   is always one step ahead of the anti- doping .” The Algerian who has served as FINA president for 21 days lamented that lack of swimming competitions in the Arab world was having its effect the swimmers. “I think it is med...