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.

Stricter drug testing before Paris Olympics ordered for specific track and field athletes
Men's race walkers compete in the 20-kilometre event at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 19, 2023.

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.