The following is reprinted from the IAAF web site www.iaaf.org Out of all these tests there were two positive tests – this really defies logic when doping continues to be such a factor. My take on this is that the outlaws are ahead of the law!
In total, 884 tests were carried out both prior to and during the championships on a total of 708 individual athletes, which was a greater number of tests than originally planned. In total, 1849 athletes participated at the World Championships.
Testing conducted during the period of 2-12 August (out-of-competition) at the athletes village focused on gathering hematological blood profiles and screening blood samples for the indication of EPO abuse. The total number of tests conducted pre-competition was 416 which included 42 urine tests.
During the championships themselves a total of 468 tests were conducted. Of these tests, 217 were urine tests for the detection of EPO, and a further 105 were blood samples taken for the detection of blood transfusions.
