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Two world-best times set in Paris in February by Russian swimmer Denis Pankratov were not ratified as world records because French organizers ran out of bottles for dope-testing, an official said Monday.
Jean-Paul Clemencon, technical director of the French Swimming Federation, told Reuters dope tests were carried out at the World Cup Feb. 3 and 4 when Pankratov broke the 100- and 200-meter butterfly marks.
But he said swimmers had been selected by lot to take urine tests and when Pankratov, who was not on the list, set his world-record times, there were no bottles left.
“Basically, we needed more bottles,” he said. “Unfortunately, when Pankratov won his races, nobody reacted.”
