WADA member warns Olympic athletes against doping – London Olympics 2012
A recent warning issued by a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) athlete committee, Matt Dunn, advised the participating athletes of the London 2012 Olympic Games not to use performance enhancing drugs if they want to be a part of the international
sporting event.
He said because of the strict measures undertaken by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, athlete will not have any room to make use of illegal means to win any medals at the upcoming Games.
Dunn, who was a professional swimmer in his earlier days and also has the credit of competing in three Olympic Games while representing his country Australia, commented on the strictness against doping in the following words, “London 2012 will be the most
tested Games in Olympic history and there will huge emphasis on detecting and sanctioning the doping athlete. Any athlete who has taken drugs must be true to themselves and true to sport by staying away from the Games.”
The London Olympic Organizers will be conducting thorough examinations of all the athletes that show up for the Olympics as well as the Paralympic events. During the time that the London 2012 Olympic Games are in progress up to a total of 400 tests will
be conducted daily. This will make the London 2012 Games the Olympic event which conducted more tests than any other Olympic event in history.
The London Olympic Games will feature a state of the art lab of WADA at the Olympic site which would cover an area of approximately seven tennis courts. The WADA lab will have room to accommodate a total of 150 anti-doping scientists.
Once the London Olympic Games start from July 27, the WADA anti doping lab will be operational for a period of 24 hours till the time that the Olympic Games end on August 12.
Despite the fact that the athletes of the London 2012 Olympic Games are being repeatedly warned by the organisers, they face an increasing temptation to make use of illegal doping to enhance their performances as they see the prospect of signing lucrative
contracts upon bagging an Olympic medal.
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