Athletes may be Tested for Drugs Using Hair Samples: WADA

Athletes could soon be tested for drugs using hair samples, suggests the incoming president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Currently athletes are tested using blood and urine samples but Sir Craig Reedie revealed that a six million-pound fund from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could lead to new testing techniques to catch cheats, like a lock of hair. According to the BBC, traces of some drugs can last longer in hair than blood and ...

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