Technicians work at computer terminals in the Olympic drug testing laboratory in Sydney, Australia.
The lab will be the centerpoint of activities for the testing of athletes during the games. A medical adviser to the organizers of the Sydney Games believes new tests for the detection of a banned substance will stop few users. But the IOC now finds itself on the defensive instead. Under the committee's plan, athletes would be subject to a blood test for the initial detection and a urine test for confirmation. Only an athlete who tests positive on both tests will be subject to punishment, likely a ban from competition.