'The idea is to put some pressure on all the athletes to prepare to be clean'
There will be no automatic drug tests for medal-winners when the East Asian Games gets under way in Macau on Saturday, organisers have announced.
The games will adopt a policy of random, unannounced testing to keep all athletes on their guard.
The anti-doping procedure will be under the supervision of the chairman of the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) medical committee, Guilherme Wong Wai-lap, who said urine tests would be carried out at competition venues only, and there would be no out-of-competition checks.
'For the first time in the history of the games, the fourth East Asian Games will comply fully with the international standards of the World Anti-Doping Agency [Wada],' said Wong.
'The samples will be sent to the Wada-approved Beijing Doping Control Centre for analysis, and the results will be communicated to the East Asian Games Association medical committee within 24 hours.
'The banned substance list for 2005 issued by Wada has been sent to all nine competing National Olympic Committees, and they have adopted the anti-doping rules.'