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Australia battles sports doping fallout

Doping agencies urged Australian cheats to come clean Friday as concern mounted that everyone has been tarred with the same brush after a probe pointed to widespread drug use in professional sport.

World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey is pictured during an anti-doping conference in Paris on November 12, 2012. Doping agencies on Friday urged Australian cheats to come clean as concern mounted that everyone has been tarred with the same brush after a probe pointed to widespread drug use in professional sport.

The bombshell Australian Crime Commission inquiry, which said use of prohibited substances including peptides, hormones and illicit drugs was common across multiple sporting codes, has sent shockwaves through Australia.

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