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Record number of doping tests to be conducted during Asiad
By Korea HeraldPublished : Sept. 12, 2014 - 20:28
INCHEON (Yonhap) ― A record number of doping tests will be carried out during the upcoming Asian Games in the South Korean city of Incheon, officials said Friday.
The organizing committee for the 17th Asian Games said a total of 1,920 tests will be conducted during the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 competition.
It’s the highest number of doping tests to be done at an Asiad, surpassing the previous record of 1,500 tests at the 2010 event in Guangzhou, China.
The committee said it will test 1,600 urine samples and 160 blood samples, and also conduct 160 tests for the use of erythropoietin, a form of blood doping designed to boost the number of red blood cells.
All medalists and record breakers will be subject to tests, and there will also be random tests, the committee said.
It also said there will be 1,621 in-competition tests and 299 surprise, out-of-competition tests.
The organizers will dispatch 582 testers and volunteers to 45 sports venues and two athletes’ villages in Incheon and in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul.
“Most of the tests will be done on medalists,” said Park Joo-hee, head of the doping control team on the organizing committee. “But even those who get knocked out of their events early won’t be able to let their guard down.”
The doping control center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology will analyze samples under 24 hours at the quickest, according to the organizing committee.
The KIST will then inform the Olympic Council of Asia, the continental governing body of sports, of the results, without going through the Incheon organizers or the Korean Olympic Committee.
The organizing committee for the 17th Asian Games said a total of 1,920 tests will be conducted during the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 competition.
It’s the highest number of doping tests to be done at an Asiad, surpassing the previous record of 1,500 tests at the 2010 event in Guangzhou, China.
The committee said it will test 1,600 urine samples and 160 blood samples, and also conduct 160 tests for the use of erythropoietin, a form of blood doping designed to boost the number of red blood cells.
All medalists and record breakers will be subject to tests, and there will also be random tests, the committee said.
It also said there will be 1,621 in-competition tests and 299 surprise, out-of-competition tests.
The organizers will dispatch 582 testers and volunteers to 45 sports venues and two athletes’ villages in Incheon and in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul.
“Most of the tests will be done on medalists,” said Park Joo-hee, head of the doping control team on the organizing committee. “But even those who get knocked out of their events early won’t be able to let their guard down.”
The doping control center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology will analyze samples under 24 hours at the quickest, according to the organizing committee.
The KIST will then inform the Olympic Council of Asia, the continental governing body of sports, of the results, without going through the Incheon organizers or the Korean Olympic Committee.
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Articles by Korea Herald
