90 percent of athletes tested ahead of Paris Olympics: ITA

PARIS - Nearly 90 percent of athletes set to compete in the Paris Olympics have been tested at least once this year, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Wednesday.

ITA Foundation Board Chair Valerie Fourneyron told the IOC 142nd Session that it had conducted more than 32,000 doping controls this year, an increase of around 45 percent on tests of athletes in the previous six months.

Fourneyron said that the testing program focused on "high-risk disciplines", in which 75 percent of athletes had been tested three times or more, and 95 percent at least once.

"These results surpassed those for Tokyo 2020, making the Paris 2024 pre-Games testing program the most comprehensive ever to be implemented," said Fourneyron.