Chandigarh, Sep 11 (PTI) The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will collect around 30 samples, including those of targetted athletes, during the two-day Indian Grand Prix track and field meet (IGP V), which concludes here on Monday.
With athletics set to contribute the bulk of the medals for the country at the Hangzhou Asian Games (September 23 to October 8), NADA apparently wants to ensure all the participants are dope-free.
A target of 30 samples can be considered to be a good number, taking into account that this is not a national championship and all the events in a full-scale nationals are not being competed here.
Two doping control officers (DCOs) of the NADA have come here from Delhi for the IGP V, which began on Sunday.
It is learnt that the NADA officials in Delhi have given instructions to take around 30 samples.
“Some samples will be from those among top-three finishers, some will be random samples. Moreover, some specific names of athletes have been given (by NADA in Delhi) to the DCOs to take samples from them,” a source privy to the developments told
Source: PTI News
