Usada tries 'virtual' doping tests amid Covid-19 pandemic

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Athletes can now collect their blood and urine samples at home while being monitored remotely. FMTNews Covid19

An employee of Russia’s national drug-testing laboratory holds a blood vial in Moscow in 2016.

With the United States, like much of the world, under lockdown as authorities try to slow the spread of the virus, Usada has launched a program in which athletes collect blood and urine samples from themselves at home, while being monitored remotely on Zoom or FaceTime by testing personnel. Usada chief executive Travis Tygart told the New York Times that plenty of top US Olympic hopes were eager to sign up for the pilot project.

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