Courtesy IAAF,
WK


EPO TESTS WILL BE MADE AT WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS
4 October 2001 -
MONTE CARLO – Monaco - Following an agreement among the IAAF, UK
Athletics,
UK Sport and the IAAF's Anti-Doping testing specialists IDTM, testing
for
EPO will be carried out at the 10th World Half Marathon Championships
which
take place in Bristol on Sunday 7 October. This will be the first time
that
blood and urine doping control for EPO is carried out at a British
sporting
event.

The test procedure will be the same as that carried out in Edmonton, at
the
recent IAAF World Championships, where 50 athletes were tested for EPO.

Please note that, contrary to the release issued yesterday, the official

timetable is:

Sunday 7 October

Men's race - 9:30
Women's race - 10:45

Bristol Mass Race - 12:15
BUPA Bristol Half Marathon - 13:00



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