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Article: USADA Begins Program To Test Body Chemistry
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 17, 2008
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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has launched the opening phase of a
voluntary pilot program it hopes will improve the accuracy of doping
tests.
The anti-doping agency will profile the body chemistry of 12
participating athletes using a series of blood and urine tests, and
those measurements will be used as a baseline for subsequent tests.
The program was described to the Associated Press by two people
familiar with it, but who did not want to be identified because
final details are still being worked out.
At a news conference yesterday, track athletes Brian Clay and
Allyson Felix each announced they were part of the project, called
"Project Believe."
"I know for me, anytime I get an opportunity ...