Doping: French Lab's Suspension Set For Up To Six Months

The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday that the French national anti-doping laboratory's suspension could last up to six months

Montreal, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 04th Nov, 2017 ) :The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday that the French national anti-doping laboratory's suspension could last up to six months.

"The suspension was imposed due to analytical issues self-reported to WADA by the Laboratory," WADA said in a statement. The Montreal-based WADA first announced the suspension of the National Anti-Doping Organization of France, based in the Paris suburb of Chatenay-Malabry, on September 24 for a provisional period of time.

"Since 24 September, disciplinary proceedings were carried out by an independent Disciplinary Committee.

... which is now complete," WADA said. The suspension was linked to contamination of a sampling robot after tests carried out on samples from bodybuilders showed levels of testosterone up to 200 times the normal positive test.

France's only anti-doping laboratory, it handled around 13,500 samples in 2016. The suspension, which took effect on Tuesday, "prohibits the Paris laboratory from carrying out any anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples," WADA said.