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"No news is good news in doping control," said Yang Tianle, Director of the Doping Control Center of the Organizing Committee of the 21st Universiade.
Up to Friday morning, said Yang, "about 300 urine samples have been tested and no positive result has been declared by the International University Sports Federation (FISU)."
Yang explained that all the test data were submitted to the FISU Medical Commission, and FISU has the sole authority to announce the result.
Yang estimated that the amount of doping tests conducted at the current world university games will set a record in the Universiade history by the time the Universiade comes to its end.
“It’s the best doping control work I’ve ever seen in the history of Universiade,” exclaimed Rink Lawrance, a US member of the FISU Medical Commission who has taken part in five Universiades.
More than 130 professionals have been invovled in the doping control work for this Universiade, and most of them have worked in the Asian Games and East Asian Games, according to Yang. They have been backed by adanced equipment handling the urine samples during the games.
Twelve doping control stations are set up at the 12 venues for the finals of the Universiade. Two more stations are established in the Gymnasium of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, which served as venues for volleyball and basketball preliminary competitions, said Yang. "Because team events in preliminary competitions are also required to be tested by FISU just right before the Universiade.”
“This is really a tough job,” admitted Yang, 69, a veteran anti-doping fighter. “We started preparing for the doping control of the Universiade in July last year. During the games we work late into the small hours everyday since many finals finish late at night and we have to wait for the urine samples.”
Yang said the doping test data have to be submitted to FISU 24 hours after the urine samples are collected. "And we have to report on the result within 48 hours if a test finding is positive in accordance with the FISU regulations," he said. "So we keep ourselves on alert 24 hours a day."
(Xinhua News Agency 08/31/2001)
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