World Athletics' anti-doping watchdog has written to New Zealand's athletics federation seeking an explanation for insufficient drug testing on its athletes last year.Athletics New Zealand said it had received a letter from the global organisation's Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in late-2022 about tests
World Athletics' anti-doping watchdog has written to New Zealand's athletics federation seeking an explanation for insufficient drug testing on its athletes last year.
Athletics NZ said Drug Free Sport New Zealand , the country's anti-doping agency, had conducted less than half as many tests as usual across all sports before the world championships due to the government's COVID-19 restrictions. DFSNZ said the impact of the pandemic had prevented testing from being completed as they had not had safe access to athletes.
"However, since 1 July 2022 our testing numbers are strong once more and in fact for the year to 30 June 2023 we expect to have collected more samples in a 12-month period than any prior period in our history."
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