Read more about Olympics: 5,000 anti-doping tests to be conducted during Tokyo Games on Business Standard. The International Testing Agency (ITA) plans to conduct approximately 5,000 on-site tests as part of its anti-doping efforts during the Tokyo Olympic Games, starting July 23.
The International Testing Agency (ITA) plans to conduct approximately 5,000 on-site tests as part of its anti- efforts during the Tokyo Olympic Games, starting July 23. For these tests,5,000 in-and out-of-competition urine and blood samples will be collected in collaboration with the organising committee for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Japan Anti- Agency (JADA), the ITA informed the 138th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), on Tuesday. For Tokyo 2020, both the testing and the sanctioning components of the anti- system will be independent of the IOC. The JADA lab will be conducting the actual tests. The ITA will be responsible for the results management of any Adverse Analytical Findings or other Anti-Doping Rule Violations and will process the resulting cases before the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s Anti-doping Division (CAS ADD), which will handle the sanctioning process.
