The IAAF has announced that every athlete competing in the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea will have their blood tested in addition to the usual doping controls.
The testing will not only screen athletes before the Championships, but will also be used for further analysis afterwards. The analyses will cover three areas: to “fingerprint” athletes who do not currently have any records at the IAAF; to build on existing athlete profiles; and to help establish reference ranges for relevant biomarkers among elite male and female athletes.
This will be the first time that all athletes will be tested at the same time and under the same conditions.
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