FILE PHOTO: Athletics - British Athletics Indoor Championships - Emirates Arena, Glasgow, United Kingdom - February 23, 2020 Tom Bosworth celebrates winning the Men's 5000 Metres Walk REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
(Reuters) - Reduced drug testing during the COVID-19 pandemic is like a "gift" for those unscrupulous athletes who will go to any lengths to win and make money, British race walker Tom Bosworth has told The Times newspaper.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said last month that the pandemic had created challenges for drug testers with countries closing borders, cancelling flights and enforcing quarantines, and with the shutdown of the sporting calendar.
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