Swedish professor Bengt Saltin is dead


The Swedish professor Bengt Saltin (79) is dead.

 

Saltin has been involved in anti-doping issues for many years. He was also the chair for the medical committee at FIS. The 79 year old worked at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Center since 1993 until 2003. According to the website Sweski.com Saltin was working with the Swedish cross country national team to gather even more knowledge on how the body is affected by exercise at height. Source. Sweski.com (www.sweski.com)

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