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WADA highlights serious failings in Rio anti-doping program

MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has detailed serious failings of doping control management at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, saying the system was only saved from collapsing by the "enormous resourcefulness and goodwill" of some key staff. In a 55-page report from its Independent Observer team led by British lawyer Jonathan Taylor, WADA said the logistical issues which put a strain on the testing process were "foreseeable and entirely avoidable" during the games in August. The report blamed a lack of coordination, budget cutbacks, tension between the local organizing committee and Brazil's anti-doping agency, and inadequate training for the problems that included days at the Athletes' Village when only half of the planned out-of-competition samples could be collected. "The aggregate effect was to strain the basic sample collection process at competition venues and in the Athletes' Village close to breaking point, with many discrepancies observed in the sample collection procedure," the report said.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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