(ATR) With three weeks to go for the IAAF Athletics World Championships in Osaka, a new website is launched, while the IAAF says more athletes than ever will be subject to drug testing at the biennial event.
The IAAF says more than 1000 athletes will be tested before and during the competition. At Helsinki in 2005, 885 tests were conducted.
“The IAAF isThe Osaka Stadium will be site for the athletics championships. (ATR)determined to ensure that these Championships highlight our on-going and aggressive commitment to the war on doping,” said IAAF President Lamine Diack.
“We know that the overwhelming majority of our athletes compete fairly, so it is for their sake that we must do all we can to chase down and sanction those who attempt to cheat and lie through the use of doping practices.”
The IAAF says it will also conduct information programs for athletes to raise anti-doping awareness.
The IAAF this week launched a new version of its website with the focus on Osaka.
The championships, the 11th for the IAAF, take place from August 24 to September 2.
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