31. Many sports and countries now test athletes away from competition and without advance warning. 32. Olympic athletes are routinely tested for drugs that artificially improve strength and performance. 33. Some athletes were even tested to see how much they know, she said. 34. The agency will continue testing Olympic athletes until their arrival in Salt Lake City, when the IOC takes over, Pound said. 35. The credibility of the system rests not only on its ability to test individual athletes but to control federations that are too lax. 36. The International Olympic Committee and most other worldwide sports bodies test athletes twice before declaring that drug rules are broken. 37. The passport would be stamped each time the athlete is tested. 38. This is the first track championships where athletes have been tested for EPO. 39. To test an athlete for doping, the IAAF divides a urine sample from the competitor into two. 40. This is the first season the World Cup has tested athletes for hemoglobin levels. |