IOC says: We will catch Olympic drug cheats
August 3, 2012
Olympic organisers have said their drug testing programme is strong and “if there are cheats, we will catch them”.
Doubts were raised over the performance of Chinese gold medallist Ye Shiwen but she said she would never use banned substances and British Olympics chief Lord Moynihan said she was “clean”.US coach John Leonard – the executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association – said her performance was “unbelievable” and “disturbing”. But there is no evidence against her and all medal winners are drug-tested.
Ye Shiwen herself claims: “There is no problem with doping. The Chinese team has a firm policy so there is no problem with that.” Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said London 2012 has “some of the most rigorous, if not the most rigorous, anti-doping procedures in place for any Olympics”. International Olympic Committee communications director Mark Adams told a separate news conference: “We have a very strong drugs testing programme. And we’re very confident that if there are cheats then we will catch them.” Adams said there had been 1,706 tests so far, of which 1,344 were urine and 362 were blood. The first five athletes are tested automatically and then two others at random, he said. Before the Olympics even started officials were implementing these strict rules, with sprinter Debbie Dunn having to withdraw from the games due to a failed drugs test.]]>You May Also Like
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