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Doping-Spain to hand over blood samples in Operation Puerto case (Reuters)
(Updates with details, WADA statement) MADRID, June 14 (Reuters) - Blood samples stored as part of Spain's "Operation Puerto" anti-doping probe must be handed over to authorities for investigation, a Spanish court ruled on Tuesday. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Cycling Union (UCI) and Spain's anti-doping agency were among organisations who had lodged appeals against a judge's decision in 2013 that the samples should be destroyed. The verdict comes 10 years after a series of police raids, known as "Operation Puerto", seized 211 bags of blood and plasma, as well as anabolic steroids and blood transfusion equipment, from the offices of Eufemiano Fuentes, a doctor in Madrid. More...
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