Source: CCTV.com
10-09-2008 10:48
Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic GamesThe International Olympic Committee will retest frozen blood samples taken from athletes during the Beijing Games for traces of a new generation of drug.
the new test developed to trace EPO CERA was a blood test, so initially only blood samples from Beijing would be retested. |
The decision comes days after a string of positive cases involving the frozen samples of cyclists from the Tour de France in July. The IOC will especially be looking for EPO CERA, a new performance-enhancing drug for which the cyclists tested positive.
IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said the new test developed to trace EPO CERA was a blood test, so initially only blood samples from Beijing would be retested.
The IOC collected about 1,000 blood samples and about 4,000 urine samples during the Games in Beijing.
Once a urine test for the substance is available, the urine samples will also be tested.
Editor:Zhang Yue