Stricter drug testing before Paris Olympics ordered for specific track and field athletes
Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of substandard anti-doping programs at home, the sport's investigators said Monday.
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![Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador won a silver medal in the men's 20 km race walk at the World Athletics Championships last summer. Track and field athletes from Ecuador and three other countries will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of substandard anti-doping programs at home. Men's race walkers compete in the 20-kilometre event at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 19, 2023.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7140304.1710177049!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/pintado-brian-daniel-230819-1180.jpg)
Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of this year's Paris Olympics because of substandard anti-doping programs at home, the sport's investigators said Monday.