The World Anti-Doping Agency published the report from the Independent Observers who monitored doping controls at the Olympic Games in Rio today. The report praised the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory (LBCD) but was highly critical of the accommodations made for doping control officers (DCOs) by the Rio 2016 organisation.
The targeted testing rate was not reached due to numerous logistical issues. The list included: insufficient education of DCOs, a lack of chaperone volunteers, lack of trained phlebotomists for blood collection, unclear whereabouts information on athletes, disorganisation with training and scheduling DCOs, lack of access to computers for DCOs and poor coordination for transport and housing.
The Test Distribution Plan for the Olympics called for the collection and analysis of 4,480 urine samples, 450 blood samples, and 450 Athlete Biological Passport blood samples for a total of 5380 tests.
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After running into a long list of problems in the Olympic village, DCOs only collected a total of 4882 tests of 3237 athletes across the Games. (4,037 urine, 411 blood, 387 blood+ABP, 47 ABP blood).
The primary problem? Finding athletes to test them. The whereabouts information entered into the ADAMS system was not detailed beyond "Athlete's Village" - a sprawling, 30-building complex that housed some 18,000 people.
"Ultimately, many athletes targeted for testing in the Athletes Village simply could not be found and the mission had to be aborted On some days, up to 50 percent of planned target tests were aborted in this way," the report stated.
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