The ITA introduced several innovations to the Olympic clean sport program for its activities in Tokyo. The ITA wishes to thank all individuals and stakeholders that have contributed to the successful delivery of the Tokyo 2020 doping control program for their support and collaboration. 250 Doping and Blood Control Offers from JADA and National/Regional Anti-Doping Agencies from around the world, 700 Chaperones and numerous other volunteers contributed to the roll-out of these large-scale doping control operations. The ITA was present in Japan with a team of 24 anti-doping experts to oversee the implementation of its clean sport program for the Games, which was carried out in close cooperation with the Organising Committee Tokyo 2020 and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA). The analysis for banned substances or methods on the 6вЂ™200 collected samples by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Tokyo has been finalised. Their cases have been passed on to the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) and/or their respective federations for final adjudication. All concerned athletes were provisionally suspended, which resulted in their immediate retrieval from participating in any competitions during the Games. To date, the ITA has asserted six anti-doping rule violationsВ based on results from samples it collected in Tokyo. These Games-time anti-doping operations were preceded by the most extensive pre-Games testing program ever implemented for an edition of the Olympic Games with over 25вЂ™000 testing recommendations issued by the abovementioned ITA Tokyo 2020 Pre-Games Expert Group and a completion rate of over 80%. Combined with the Games-time recommendations of the ITA Tokyo 2020 Pre-Games Expert Group, performance factors and intelligence based on information received through ITAвЂ™s confidential reporting platform REVEALВ and exchange with the Japanese authorities, Olympic Summer International Federations and other anti-doping organisations, the vast majority of doping controls implemented in Tokyo by the ITA were targeted. ITAвЂ™s testing strategy relied on an extensive risk assessment that was conducted ahead of the Games and considered a variety of factors, including the physiology of the respective sports, individual factors pertaining to the athletes as well as country risk levels. A part of the latter was implemented outside of Japan to mitigate the effects of the shorter stay of athletes in the Olympic Village due to the COVID-19 countermeasures. Around two-thirds of the tests were done in-competition and one-third out-of-competition. Athletics, aquatics, cycling, rowing and weightlifting were among the disciplines with the most doping controls. Proportionally to the size of the largest national delegations that participated in the Games, the greatest number of tests were implemented on athletes from the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee), China, the United States, Great Britain and Australia (please find more information in the infographic below). This outcome shows that the ITA was able to fully carry out its original testing plan established before the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and the postponement of the Games despite the challenging and restricting circumstances caused by COVID-19. These urine and blood samples stem from over 5вЂ™000 doping controls conducted on over 4вЂ™255 athletes вЂ“ which means that more than one-third of the participating athletes were subject to at least one doping control. Altogether, 6вЂ™200 samples were collected both in- and out-of-competition from the opening of the Olympic Village to the Closing Ceremony. With the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 ending over a month ago on 8 August 2021, the ITA now concludes the Games-time phase of its anti-doping program for the worldвЂ™s largest sporting event. The last phase of ITAвЂ™s comprehensive anti-doping program for Tokyo 2020 is the storage and later re-analysis of samples collected during and in the lead-up to the Games. The vast majority of doping controls were targeted and followed a quality approach based on an extensive risk assessment, performance, and available intelligence.

Six anti-doping rule violations were asserted to this moment as the outcome of ITAвЂ™s testing program. 13 September 2021 THE ITA SUCCEEDED IN FULLY IMPLEMENTING THE ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM FOR OLYMPIC GAMES DESPITE CHALLENGING COVID-19 CIRCUMSTANCESДЄ total of 6вЂ™200 collected samples from over 5вЂ™000 doping controls, more than one-third of the athlete population in Tokyo tested at least once вЂ“ these are the final figures of ITAвЂ™s anti-doping program for Tokyo 2020.

L. king olympic games tokyo 2020