ATHENS, Aug. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- The International Olympic Committee(IOC) declined on Friday to confirm whether a test to detect humangrowth hormone(HGH) will be used at the Athens Olympics.

    "IOC has a policy of not revealing the nature of the tests during the Olympics Games," IOC president Jacques Rogge told reporters on Friday.

    The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Dick Poundconfirmed on Thursday that a test has been found to detect the HGH,one of the most abused endurance-boosting drugs.

    "EPO, growth hormone, any designer steroid we know about, we now have a test for," said Pound at a media conference.

    But the IOC would go beyond saying that all the listed banned substances is likely to be tested at the Games, to run from Aug. 13 to 29.

    "We use this strategy to send a message to athletes: If you take drugs, you run the risk of being caught," said Arne Ljungqvist, the chairman of the IOC medical commission.

    "We don't tell people what we are going to test, what we are not, and what we can and what we cannot," he added.

    During the Athens Games, the IOC plans to conduct about 2,600 urine tests and 400 checks for the blood-boosting hormone EPO.

    That's a 25 percent increase over the number of tests in Sydney four years ago. Enditem