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Random drug tests likely in SEA games
MANILA, Nov 24 : The specter of a steroid powered Ben Johnson is haunting small regional contests like the Southeast Asian Ganics, reports Reuter.
Ahead of Sunday's opening of the nine-nation games, Malaysia called on Southeast Asian nations to come up with a more aggressive policy on drug testing for athletes.
"We, here in Southeast Asia are aware of the prevailing scenario in sports that whatever comes from the west may soon reach the east, and this is the drug menace. Dr P S Nathan, a member of the Malaysian Olympic Committee, said during a meeting of Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) officials In Manila
A handful of athletes were caught taking steroids In the last SEAG in 1M9 in Malaysia but doctors administering tests at the 16th SEAG in Manila are concerned the nunixrr may rise.
Athletes are not intelligent These things come from someone. The coaches say lake this, we have to win, Celso Febelia-Bale. a doctor who chairs the doping control panel in the Games, said in an Interview.
The price of winning is so commercially lucrative and the price of losing can be Iinan dally devastating
Brunet, which won a solitary gold medal tn Kuala Lumpur, is reportedly putting up 50,000 dollars for any of Ils athletes who win a gold medal. A silver medalist will earn 30.000 dol lars and a bronze winner 20,000 dollars, athletes said.
Thailand will give 100.000 bath (4,000 dollars) to every gold medal winner. Malaysia is handing out 150,000 ringgit (about 55,000 dollars). The Philippines will give 50.000 pesos (1.800 dollars). Indonesia is finalising its own cash-Incentive scheme for medal winners.
Sports officials said the temptation to cheat can be overwhelming.
The money at slake docs not even approach the 10 mil Hon dollars estimated lost by Johnson In commercial en dorsements when he was caught using steroids In his world-breaking performance tn the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
The pressure Is on to break records. The difference in winning the gold medal is so small, 0.01 or 0.02 seconds. Fabeila-Balc said
Urine samples In the games will be taken to Australia, with results expected In less than a week. If the first sample tests positive for banned drugs. the second sample will be tested In the presence of the athlete, he said
Two urine samples will be taken at random from every athlete in the games. with all athletes establishing new Southeast Asian records likewise being tested.
Doplnmg experts are also worried about the possibility of athletes using designer drugs or the human growth hormone because they do not haw the tests to detect these.
An earlier report Saturday said : Hours before the start of the 16th Southeast Aslan Games tn Manila on Sunday, sports officials were hurriedly sending out air tickets to n -boxing referees from arm. Asia to the problem-plagued event.
Philippine Amateur Boxing Association chief Oemillano lx>p< z said I he association was sending tickets to referees In Japan. South Korea. Taiwan and Pakistan because the Cmcs organising committee d failed to do so
International Amtcur Boxing Association head Anw.w Chowdhury sold he expected the referees to arrive before the start of the bouts on
"We wanl an honest and fair tournament, that's why were opting for neutral referees .... We don’t want our opponents to cry foul." lope* said.
Last-minute hitches dogged cash-strapped organisers bat tling'to get venues ready for the November 25 to December 5 games, tn which nearly 3,000 athletes from nine countries will compete.
Labourers worked feverishly to prepare the venues.
The velodrome where cycling events will be held is being painted after the ejection of squatters earlier this month.
A diving board that arrived from Germany over the week end Is still being Installed. Earlier, engineers repaired kak» In the swimming p«»l.
Press official Horacio Paredes told reporters on Saturday the Gans' wouki go ahead despite the probk'ius
"Its about time that the country had fun after a string of calamities.* Paredes said, referring to the typhoons, floods. volcanic eruptions and an earthquake that have hit the Philippines In the past year
More than 300 gold medals arc at stake In 32 events spread over 20 venues around Manila.
Indonesia Is expected to dominate competition, although the 103 gold medals ft won tn Kuala Lumpur in 1889 may be cut to just over 90.
"Indonesia's target In this event is to defend its position as the top medal-winner," said Surono, chairman of the Indonesian Sports Committee.
The Indonesian medals effort will be led by their world rated badminton players, who include Ardy Wtranala. 21. and Susi Susanti. 20. both 1991 all-England champions.
A three-way battle for second best will be fought be tween Malaysia. Thailand and the host country.
Singapore. Vietnam and Burma are counting on their athletes in swimming, track and filed. and shooting to win their share of gold medals
Laos and Brunet, the oll-rtch kingdom which Is re Cried to have promised
,OOO dollars to any of Ils athletes who win a gold, will scramble for the remaining medals
World records appear un threatened because standards In Southeast Asia are far lower than those of Asian powers Japan. China and the two Koreas. much less the world.
Except for In badminton, arebciy. boxing, bowling and billiards, the best in Southeast Asia are far behind the best of the rest of the world, sports officials said