Dried blood spot testing first applied as routine anti-doping method at Beijing: WADA

BEIJING: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Witold Banka has expressed his satisfaction with anti-doping work for Beijing 2022 as dried blood spot (DBS) testing is first applied as a routine method at the Games.

Banka in an interview with Xinhua said the new method will be helpful to increase testing capability, and that "we are doing everything to eradicate cheats from the Games as it is always a festival of sports."

According to WADA, the DBS, trialed during the Tokyo Games and rolled out for routine use across the testing program for the Beijing Games, carries several advantages over traditional forms and will be an important complement to established methods.

"China is a part of the group developing the DBS, together with the International Olympic Committee, United States Anti-Doping Agency and other anti-doping organisations, and it is believed to be a game-changer in anti-doping," said Banka. IANS

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