SHOTLIST February 11, 2010 1. Wide pan of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Fahey, World Anti-Doping Agency President: "More than 30 athletes have been prevented from competing in the Vancouver Olympic Games for violating anti-doping rules, and of course that is a significant number." February 9, 2010 3. Technicians in Vancouver Winter Olympic Games doping control laboratory 4. Various of pipette and test tubes February 11, 2010 5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Fahey, World Anti-Doping Agency President: "The rigorous and robust programmes in many countries have led to a number of athletes not turning up here in Vancouver, as they did in Beijing, and we''re very happy about that, because cheats shouldn''t be here." 6. Wide of news conference 7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Fahey, World Anti-Doping Agency President: "I guess the one thing I will declare, that there is more likely athletes who seek to cheat at these games, it is more likely that they will be caught than at any other games in our history." February 9, 2010 8. Various of technician in Vancouver Winter Olympic Games doping control laboratory 9. Sign at entrance to doping control laboratory STORYLINE The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed on Thursday that more than 30 athletes had been prevented from competing at the Vancouver Olympics for breaking anti-doping rules. WADA chief John Fahey refused to give details of the athletes involved. He told a news conference on Thursday that the sports or national federations were handling the cases that have emerged in recent months. "We''re very happy about that, because cheats shouldn''t be here," Fahey said. He said athletes trying to cheat in Vancouver were more likely to be caught "than in any other games in our history." Fahey commended countries for their " rigorous and robust" testing programmes that has led to a number of athletes not turning up at the Games. Fahey said more than 70 athletes were prevented from competing at the Beijing Olympics for violating anti-doping rules in the similar period leading into the 2008 Summer Games. About 2-thousand drug tests are being carried out during the games, including surprise, out-of-competition checks by the WADA at training sites and other locations outside the venues. Suspicious athletes are targeted for tests. The International Olympic Committee said 554 tests - 407 urine tests and 147 blood tests - had been conducted since the opening of the athletes'' village last Thursday. None have returned a positive result. One country that has been in the spotlight in the past regarding their athletes using performance enhancing drugs is Russia. On Tuesday, Russia''s anti-doping agency reportedly claimed that all the country''s athletes for the Vancouver Winter Olympics had undergone drug tests. Russian athletes will be under tight scrutiny at the Vancouver Games. More than a half-dozen Russians have been suspended in the past year for using blood-boosting drugs. Three top Russian biathletes - including five-time Olympic medallist Albina Akhatova and former world champion Yekaterina Iourieva - received two-year suspensions last year after testing positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO. Russian cross-country skiers Julia Chepalova, Yevgeny Dementiev, Nina Rysina and Natalia Matveeva also were banned for two years for using EPO. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/cb43fd23e9388efeb9d5e2ad50475895 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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