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It seems to be a comprehensive move, and maybe not necessarily targeting only Jamaican athletes?? I quite frankly don’t know, and so cannot give a meaningful personal comment, but I would really welcome your views. So, forum readers might want to take a look at the following article (the boldface emphasis in the opening sentence is mine):
05 AUGUST 2013 - 16H41
Major anti-doping checks at Moscow world championships
A health educator takes a blood sample in Washington DC. The World Athletics Championships in Moscow will feature the "most comprehensive anti-doping programme in the history of the 30-year-old event", according to track and field's governing body, the IAAF.
AFP - The World Athletics Championships in Moscow will feature the "most comprehensive anti-doping programme in the history of the 30-year-old event", according to track and field's governing body, the IAAF.
The credibility of the sport has again been questioned following positive drugs tests of two of the best-ever male sprinters, American Tyson Gay and Jamaican Asafa Powell, respectively the second and fourth fastest men of all time.
But the IAAF vowed Monday that its anti-doping strategy for the world championships would be far-reaching and continue the work of two months of out-of-competition testing.
It will involve "large-scale pre-competition blood tests implemented for an athlete's biological passport".
"This was first carried out at the 2011 world championships in Daegu a few days before the event. This will be done on site at the athletes' hotels in Moscow," the IAAF said.
"If any athletes show any abnormal blood values then the IAAF will carry out a follow-up urine test. This will allow the testers the possibility to detect for substances such as EPO."
The IAAF added that in-competition urine tests would be carried out for the top three finishers in each event immediately after the race.
"In addition, some athletes will be tested by a random draw and some target testing will be done. A total of between 450-500 urine tests will be carried out during the championships," the body said, acknowledging that this type of testing was more of a deterrent "to protect the integrity of the competition".
05 AUGUST 2013 - 16H41
Major anti-doping checks at Moscow world championships
A health educator takes a blood sample in Washington DC. The World Athletics Championships in Moscow will feature the "most comprehensive anti-doping programme in the history of the 30-year-old event", according to track and field's governing body, the IAAF.
AFP - The World Athletics Championships in Moscow will feature the "most comprehensive anti-doping programme in the history of the 30-year-old event", according to track and field's governing body, the IAAF.
The credibility of the sport has again been questioned following positive drugs tests of two of the best-ever male sprinters, American Tyson Gay and Jamaican Asafa Powell, respectively the second and fourth fastest men of all time.
But the IAAF vowed Monday that its anti-doping strategy for the world championships would be far-reaching and continue the work of two months of out-of-competition testing.
It will involve "large-scale pre-competition blood tests implemented for an athlete's biological passport".
"This was first carried out at the 2011 world championships in Daegu a few days before the event. This will be done on site at the athletes' hotels in Moscow," the IAAF said.
"If any athletes show any abnormal blood values then the IAAF will carry out a follow-up urine test. This will allow the testers the possibility to detect for substances such as EPO."
The IAAF added that in-competition urine tests would be carried out for the top three finishers in each event immediately after the race.
"In addition, some athletes will be tested by a random draw and some target testing will be done. A total of between 450-500 urine tests will be carried out during the championships," the body said, acknowledging that this type of testing was more of a deterrent "to protect the integrity of the competition".
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