Anti-doping agency chief pledges crackdown on drug cheats

WORLD Anti-Doping Agency boss Dick Pound yesterday promised doping controls at the Athens Olympics to be tighter and more far-reaching than ever before amid continuing fears of a new wave of undetectable ‘designer’ drugs.

The WADA president says his organisation’s “full menu” of substances will be used by the International Olympic Committee in testing at the Games, with the number of tests also increasing by 25% from the Sydney figures four years ago.

The doping issue is as prominent as ever in the build up to Athens, with much debate centred around the latest apparent drug of choice HGH, or human growth hormone.