DOHA, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Seventh hundred and fifty doping tests have been conducted
nine days after the opening of the Asiad as the number approached the
total carried out in last Games, a doping-control official from the Doha
organizing committee (DAGOC)said here on Sunday.
"We have undertaken 750 tests with 50 blood testing, only three cases were
tested positive," said Dr. Abdulwahab Al Musleh, Healthcare, Medical and Doping
Control manager at DAGOC.
In Busan Asian Games four years ago, a total of 760 tests were carried out.
"All athletes can be subject to a random test when they are at the village
and also in competition," he said.
And official who asked not to be named revealed that there might be more
coming out if confirmed.
So far three weightlifters have been found using banned drugs at the Games
as two are from Uzbekistan, Elmira Ramileva in women's 69kg category and
Alexander Urinov in 105kg as well as Than Kyi Kyi of Myanmar in women's 48kg
category.
"We adopt zero-tolerance attitude towards banned drugs and we did
everything here in accordance to the OCA rules and WADA's Anti-Doping Code,"
said Wei Jizhong, chairman of the Sports Commission at the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA).
"Both OCA and WADA sent many staff here to supervise doping-control of the
Games and the organizers did a good job," he said.
An anticipated 1,200 tests will be carried out in doping control stations at
each competition venue and the Athletes' Village polyclinic in Doha and blood testing
will be conducted for the first time at an Asian Games.
Testing will be administered by 30 international doping officers and 250
locally trained staff and the samples will be analyzed at King's College in
London.
The OCA had around 20 doping-control staff here while the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), an independent international organization fighting against
doping in sport, had over 40 staff in Doha.