Olympics-COVID Cuts Hit Anti-Doping Program at Tokyo Games

Olympics-COVID Cuts Hit Anti-Doping Program at Tokyo Games
The Olympic rings are illuminated in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 22, 2021. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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Anti-Doping accreditations for the Tokyo Olympics have been cut due to COVID-19 but the core management team in charge of delivering a drug-free Games will remain intact, the head of the International Testing Agency (ITA) told Reuters.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will also be impacted by a 20 percent reduction in its International Observer (IO) team from the 2016 Rio Olympics.