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Brazil Athletes Not Dope Tested Ahead of Rio Olympics: Report<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Brazil Athletes Not Dope Tested Ahead of Rio Olympics: Report:<\/strong> Brazil’s athletes were not subject to dope tests for almost a month before the Rio Olympics, the country’s sports ministry has said while refuting allegations it was a political decision to ensure the Games were not plunged further into crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brazil’s sports ministry confirmed no tests were carried out between July 1 and July 24 due to a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspension on a drug testing laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, The Times reported on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

WADA said it was “concerned” and has sent a letter to Brazil’s sports minister asking why the tests had been stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We sent a letter to the minister of sport and the executive director of the Brazilian national anti-doping agency, pressing our concerns and demanding to know why testing had been stopped in Brazil,” WADA deputy director Rob Koehler told the newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The response was not satisfactory… the explanation that it had come about due to the changing of the guard in the ministry and the agency was not acceptable to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We informed the pre-Games task force and we told them to ramp up increased tests. It was unacceptable that it stopped. That was not a good move… the fact no testing was happening was a concern.”<\/span><\/p>\n

South America’s first Olympics have been mired in a drugs scandal with Russia’s track-and-field athletes and weightlifters barred from the Rio Games over doping offences.<\/span><\/p>\n

The European country narrowly avoided a complete ban over allegations its government and FSB security service systematically covered up widespread cheating.<\/span><\/p>\n

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose not to impose a blanket ban on all Russian athletes but directed sports federations to allow them to compete if they met a set of criteria, including a clean doping past and sufficient testing at international events.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luis Horta, the former head of Portugal’s anti-doping agency who was given a role as an adviser to Brazil, alleged he faced pressure from the country’s sports ministry and Olympic committee to reduce testing.<\/span><\/p>\n

A statement from Brazil’s sports ministry refuted the allegations, while adding that three overseas laboratories were approached but were unable to help with the testing of samples.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Ministry of Sport and the Brazilian Doping Control Authority strongly refute the accusations made by Mr Horta,” it said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“With the suspension imposed by WADA to the laboratory on June 22, the tests planned for the period between 1 and 24 July were compromised (the suspension was only lifted on July 20), as analyses could not be submitted.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Therefore, the planned tests ended up not being done in that period.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>: News18 (URL:http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/sports\/olympics\/brazil-athletes-not-dope-tested-ahead-of-rio-olympics-report\/ar-BBvhLO6)<\/span><\/p>\n

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