PARIS: In a report from the International Testing Agency (ITA) at the 142nd IOC Session, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members heard about the rigorous pre-Olympic Games Paris 2024 testing programme that is being implemented for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

ITA Foundation Board Chair Dr Valérie Fourneyron began her address by reporting on the comprehensive pre-Games testing programme for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, with 88 percent of participating athletes being tested at least once before the Games. As of 17 July, (cutoff date for the preliminary report) , over 32,000 doping controls had been carried out, corresponding to around 45 percent more testing than in the previous six months on the same athlete population. Special focus had been put on high-risk disciplines, in which 75 percent of participating athletes had been tested three times or more, and 95 percent at least once.

These results surpassed those for Tokyo 2020, making the Paris 2024 pre-Games testing programme the most comprehensive
ever to be implemented, Dr Fourneyron noted.

”The ITA’s ‘pre-Games’ programme began a year ago, to support testing efforts across the world, so that all athletes, disciplines and countries present at the Olympic Games were subject to a proportionate and fair testing regime, in the sensitive phase of qualification. This included strategic recommendations to the National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) and the Summer Olympic International Federations (IFs) to test athletes who had qualified or were likely to qualify,” the ITA Foundation Board Chair said.

Source: Emirates News Agency