Article: agency says it has effective test to detect human growth hormone.(Sports)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland [bar] An effective test for detecting human growth hormone will be in place for the Beijing Olympics, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday.

HGH is considered one of the most widely abused performance-enhancing drugs, and experts say athletes have been able to use it with little fear of being caught. The substance clears the system quickly, making testing difficult. "By the Olympic Games there will be a capacity to detect HGH," WADA president John Fahey said.

A test was used at the 2004 Athens and 2006 Turin Olympics but yielded no positives because athletes using it would have stopped in time to make sure it cleared the system ...

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