Pre Olympic drug tests - we're in for a few surprises apparently!

[Zak33]

Assuming the Olympics occur at all and arent' Covid19'd off....

The Athletics Integrity Unit have more than implied a few problems

"There will be doping cases before Tokyo 2020 that will "shock people", says the head of the Athletics Integrity Unit.
Brett Clothier said more than a third of the AIU's cases are "World Championship or Olympic medallists or major marathon winners".
He added that, without action, the sport may have faced "rampant, unchecked doping" by marathon runners.
It follows a study which showed a lack of out-of-competition testing for top-three finishers in some 2018 races.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/51671615

[AC81]

Looks like the first report of a ban is in. Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer has an 8 year ban. For 'missing' a test.. Although, it looks like they turned up, and he claims they "failed to prove their identity when they arrived at his home"
He's also denying smashing up blood samples with a hammer.

Ban is long as it's a 2nd offence, having tested positive in 2014. Although, having not tested positive (this time..) they arn't taking away previous wins from him....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/51670931

[VersuS]

I heard they are testing for some new stuff, including l-carnitine, which from what little I understand should be a nightmare to test for accurately and generally cause mayhem because it's present in so much and people metabolise it differently... should be interesting.