Restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic have reduced the number of doping tests to a minimum, creating another hurdle for the Tokyo Olympics to clear to go ahead on time.
The Games are scheduled for Tokyo from July 24 to August 9, but, since Friday, a chorus of sports bodies and athletes and federations has begun to urge their postponement.
Blood or urine testing, designed to catch athletes taking steroids, EPO or stimulants"continues very much reduced at the moment and adjusted to the circumstances, the German Anti-Doping Agency told AFP. "They delivered a first set of recommendations on February 13, 2019, which included a file that contains names of athletes and the number of tests we should carry out on them before the Games," Rossi said.Some 11,000 competitors are expected to take part in the Summer Olympics in 33 sports.
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