Anti-doping agency sharpens its tools for Paris Olympics
Voice of America
FILE - A doping control official attends the women's semifinal ice hockey game played between Canada and Russia on Feb. 19, 2018, at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. FILE - Igor Son of Kazakhstan competes in the men's 61 kilogram weightlifting event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Son, who won the bronze in the category, was among six weightlifters from Kazakhstan to receive doping bans.
In the battle against drug use at the Paris Olympics, the International Testing Agency plans to deploy a more streamlined, high-tech approach to identify and target potential cheats.
FILE - A health worker fumigates for mosquitoes inside a home to help mitigate the spread of dengue in the Las Penitas area of Talara, Peru, March 1, 2024. FILE- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech at the 77th World Health Assembly, in Geneva, May 27, 2024.