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The heads of Tunisia’s swimming federation and National Anti-Doping Organisation (ANAD) have been arrested after the country’s flag was covered at a meet in Tunis, a prosecutor’s office spokesman told AFP on Monday. In response to sanctions by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which had banned the Tunisian flag from competitions, the flag was covered on Friday during a championship organised by the national swimming federation at the Rades Olympic pool. That provoked an outraged reaction from Tunisian President Kais Saied. After an investigation, nine people have been prosecuted so far, including …