Sports News | Africa''s Only Anti-doping Lab Has Status Revoked by WADA for Testing Flaws

Montreal, May 16 (AP) The only recognized drug-testing laboratory in Africa lost its right to work in sports, the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday.

WADA revoked accreditation for the anti-doping lab in Bloemfontein, South Africa, “due to its inability to satisfactorily address multiple nonconformities.”

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The lab has been suspended since September 2023 for issues including detecting steroids in athlete samples.

WADA has accredited a network of about 30 labs worldwide and samples collected in Africa can be transported to testers in India, Qatar, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.

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Collecting samples from remote athlete training centers and transporting them long distances increases the risk they will degrade and be unusable for testing. (AP)

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