Sunday, March 4, 2012

IOC to retest all doping samples from Beijing

The International Olympic Committee will retest all doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug.

The unprecedented move, announced Wednesday, is designed to search for a banned substance that was only recently detected during retesting of samples from the Tour de France.

The Beijing samples _ across all sports _ are being sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency accredited laboratory in Lausanne, IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said.

The IOC conducted more than 5,000 drug tests during the Beijing Games.

The samples will be reopened and tested for CERA, a new generation of the endurance-enhancing …

No comments:

Post a Comment