The Guangzhou Asian Games adopted international standards and procedures to run doping tests to ensure a fair and just competition for every athlete, a leading official of the Games said in Guangzhou last week.
Li Jie, executive director of the Doping Control Commanding Center, told Xinhua that the doping tests were running smoothly to welcome the kick-off of the Asian Games. About 70-80 doping tests have been conducted since November 6. Urine and blood samples are sent to a laboratory in Beijing every day.
"There is no difference between the Chinese and the foreign athletes on doping tests, said Li. The organizing committee hired the Beijing lab to conduct the tests because it is the nearest licensed lab of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)," Li added.
WADA had sent a team of experts to monitor the processions from sample pick-ups to the tests in Beijing, and officials of the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA) followed the whole procedure during the Games.
"The whole procession is open to officials from the WADA and the OCA. They are allowed to inspect all 34 doping-control offices around the Games. And the results of the tests will be handed over to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) directly by the Beijing lab," Li added.
Over 1,500 tests will be conducted during the Games. These tests will be distributed to athletes from each nation and region based on the number of competitors of each team. China, which has the biggest delegation, will receive the most doping tests, Li said.
"We are ensuring the biggest and one of the best doping test tasks in the Asian Games history," Li vowed.
