Beijing Paralympics to conduct more doping tests than Athens
5/9/2008 17:50
The Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG) said
today they will carry out some 1,100 doping tests during the Beijing Paralympic
Games.
BOCOG executive vice president and secretary general Wang Wei said
around 1,100 tests, including urine and blood samples, will be carried out in
the largest ever Paralympic doping control program.
"BOCOG attached great
importance to the anti-doping subject for the Paralympic Games. We are going to
conduct 1,100 tests, the highest number of sample tests in Paralympic history,"
Wang told the press.
A number of 680 tests were conducted at the Athens
Paralympics in 2004, 420 less than the Beijing Paralympics.
"We have 480
anti-doping officials and staff working for anti doping agencies. And all our
anti-doping efforts will be done under the guidance and monitoring of the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), " he added.
"We want to make sure the competition
is conducted in a fair play and fair platform. So being organizing committee is
doing all we can to provide a fair game platform for all Paralympic
Games."
Xinhua
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