Coronavirus will not be opportunity for drug cheats says WADA chief

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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Witold Banka had a message on Friday for any athlete thinking they could take advantage of the gap in ...

World Anti-Doping Agency chief Witold Banka had a message on Friday for any athlete thinking they could take advantage of the gap in drug-testing created by the coronavirus outbreak -"we will catch you" and"eliminate you".

In the absence of testing, WADA will have to rely on other weapons in its anti-doping arsenal including the athlete biological passport, long-term analysis and investigations. "It is important to know athletes remain subject to testing and they must provide whereabouts information. But the International Olympic Committee's decision to delay the 2020 Games for a year has also bought WADA some time to plan and ramp up testing when it is safe to do so."This is a difficult situation, a huge problem, but we are doing our best to monitor the situation," said Banka.

 

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