RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Rio Olympics doping laboratory, which was briefly stripped of its credentials two months before the Games, now meets the toughest of internationals standards following a stress test, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) reinstated the lab in July, ending a month-long suspension that had threatened to embarrass the host country, and additional security is in place, such as a feed of footage of the doors to the storage freezer.
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