Drug testing effort to nearly double at 2010 Games
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — More drug tests will be conducted at the 2010 Winter Olympics than at the 2006 Games, and the search for cheats will extend into the athletes’ village, training centers and even private residences.
“We will test any time, anywhere,” Jeremy Luke, the director of anti-doping for the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee, said Friday. “We want to do everything possible to have a clean games.”
VANOC plans to conduct about 2,000 tests for performance enhancing drugs during the games, Luke said. That’s an increase from the 1,200 tests performed in Turin, Italy.
In the past, selected athletes were usually tested after competitions. In Vancouver, the tests will be expanded to include training centers and any place where athletes live. Another 450 tests will be conducted during the Paralympics.
