Drugs re-tests for Beijing blood samples
The International Olympic Committee will re-test around 500 doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-booster drug. In October it was revealed that nearly 5,000 samples...
View ArticleAthletes warning over 2012 drug tests
Athletes’ representatives have warned that random drugs searches in the Olympic Village at London 2012 would be ‘utterly disasterous’. British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan has proposed a...
View ArticleTop sprinters fail drug tests
Former world champion Tyson Gay and Jamaica’s ex-100m world record holder Asafa Powell have failed drug tests. American Gay, 30, the joint-second fastest man ever over 100m, was told by the US...
View ArticleStore doping samples for 10 years to stop drugs cheats
Blood and urine samples taken from athletes to spot signs of doping should be stored for 10 years, to enable technology to catch up with substances that currently evade detection, says a consensus...
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