It is a sad reflection on the current state of sport that over 200 medical workers have been recruited to help conduct dope tests during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Chen Zhiyu, an official of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2008 Games (BOCOG), said these workers would mainly be in charge of technicalities like collecting blood samples and sample analysis. He said, ‘They were selected from 23 hospitals in Beijing, but still need to pass exams to obtain qualification after receiving a three-day training course.’But it is not just 200 testers. About 750 college students have also been recruited to notify athletes of doping checks and accompany them to the doping control rooms at the competition venues.

The International Olympic Committee has announced that up to 4,600 urine and blood tests will be carried out during the 2008 Olympics, a 25% increase over the number of controls at the 2004 Athens Games. A sad reflection on our times
Source: India Times Sports