Against that pragmatic backdrop, the impact of the Canadian inquiry might be helpful at best, negligible at worst.

For Mr. Rudolph and the Office of Special Investigations, which aided the Canadian inquiry, the ruling was a mixed one.

Francis even testified in front of a Canadian inquiry about his involvement.

Robert Helmick, the president of the United States Olympic Committee, concedes that the testimony in a Canadian inquiry is upsetting.

Johnson's doctor, Jamie Astaphan, testified at a Canadian inquiry last week that he had been told just that.

Peter Dajia told a Canadian inquiry that the track group acted quickly once it was told its biggest star was using a banned substance.

A separate Canadian inquiry is to be completed by Friday.

In Bucharest, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it was sending a prosecutor and police officers to join Canadian inquiries into the Filipino crew's claims.

In 1989, Thibedeau testified at a Canadian inquiry that she had used steroids in 1987 and 1988.