The ins and outs of doping tests

IT is common knowledge that athletes preparing for major competitions not only have to work 10 times harder in their training but they also have to be 10 times more careful with what they eat or drink because of the fear of failing the doping test.

One may think the latter shouldn’t be a problem because if the athletes don’t take drugs or prohibited supplements, they would be all right. The sad truth is they sometimes get into trouble unwittingly. This is what happened to our weightlifter Hafifi Mansor, diver Wendy Ng Yan Yee and national hockey goalkeeper S. Kumar.