Monday, Yarnold said shes also calling upon the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation -- the sports governing body -- to consider holdin

Olympic womens skeleton gold medalist Lizzy Yarnold is considering skipping this seasons world championships in Russia, citing doping concerns.In interviews with the BBC and other British news agencies Monday, Yarnold said shes also calling upon the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation -- the sports governing body -- to consider holding the competition elsewhere.I just want the IBSF to be strong enough to make a decision that defends the true values of clean sport, Yarnold told the BBC.Yarnold won gold at the Sochi Games on the same track where worlds are scheduled to be held this winter. Many athletes from those games -- including Latvian mens skeleton silver medalist Martins Dukurs and U.S. womens skeleton veteran Katie Uhlaender, who was fourth and finished behind a Russian slider -- have expressed similar concerns since Russias state-sponsored doping program was exposed earlier this year.I think athletes have been pretty vocal about possibly competing against athletes who were cheating, USA Bobsled and Skeleton CEO Darrin Steele told The Associated Press on Monday. Its not surprising. I dont think one athlete going public is a surprise. I think theres been some pretty strong statements made, not necessarily with a call to action but from athletes in general who have pretty strong feelings about this -- as they should.Yarnold said she does not want to expose herself to racing against cheaters, and in a place where she will wonder what is going to happen to my doping samples.Im not sure whether I want to compete in Sochi or can compete in Sochi if I dont know if its a clean playing field, Yarnold said.But time concerns might make it impossible to move the world championships, even if athletes want to see it happen.The second report from the investigation led by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren into Russias doping program is not expected until early December -- a little more than two months before worlds are set to begin.McLaren was appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate corruption claims, and his first report in July detailed a plot to swap out Russian athletes doping-tainted urine samples from 2011 through 2015.The world of sport is going through a huge upheaval and massive doping issues, Yarnold said. 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I know if I put in the training, I know I can beat anyone in the world. ... I think its important to go to the body and break him down.Trainer Kevin Barry wants Parker to fight taller opponents in preparation for the eventual fight with Joshua, who is 6-6.We need to put Joe up against some big men, Barry said. There are big guys at the top of the heavyweight division. When you look at [world champion] Tyson Fury, when you look at [former champion Wladimir] Klitschko, when you look at Joshua, these guys are all tall. These are the guys we are targeting. These are the guys who hold the titles. These are the guys that dictate all of the big purses in world heavyweight boxing. So we need to go after them.Dimitrenko, 34, of Russia, is the former European heavyweight champion and has won six fights in a row since suffering an 11th-round knockouut loss to contender Kubrat Pulev in a European title fight in May 2012.ddddddddddddDimitrenko is a guy who former world champion Shannon Briggs went out of his way to avoid earlier this year because of the risk, Duco Events promoter Dean Lonergan said. Even casual boxing fans know that all Eastern Europeans in the heavyweight division know how to fight.Dimitrenko pulled out of a fight against interim world titleholder Luis Ortiz scheduled for March 5 on HBO in Washington, D.C., because he was unhappy with the purse.With Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs), 26, of England, free to make an optional defense until Nov. 8 and the mandatory fight not due until Jan. 9, 2017, Parker is looking to stay sharp against Dimitrenko with the title fight looming.Barry said it is possible that if Parker beats Dimitrenko he will fight yet again before the end of the year.Well focus on this fight, and after this fight theres every indication that, everything going well, that we will fight another tall guy later in the year, Barry said.Parker said the eventual world title fight is on his mind but that he will be prepared for Dimitrenko.Even though theres something in the back of my head in Joshua, you still have to stay focused on whats in front of you, Parker said. If you lose focus, thats the fight you dont get to. I want to stay focused even though were thinking about Joshua. This is another challenge. ' ' '