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Tough drug-testing net in place for Sochi Olympics

By Stephen Wilson
Published January 28, 2014 1:59pm ET
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Tough drug-testing net in place for Sochi Olympics
FILE - This is a Feb. 19, 2006 file photo of an Italian police officer as he stands outside a house where members of the Austrian Biathlon team were searched on the anti-doping police raid in San Sicario, Italy. You'd have to be a dope to try to get away with doping at the Sochi Olympics. That's the picture painted by international Olympic and anti-doping officials as they implement the toughest drug-testing program in Winter Games history.Using intelligence to target athletes and events considered most at risk, authorities are focusing their efforts on weeding out drug cheats through rigorous pre-games and pre-competition tests. (AP Photo/Tom Curley, FILE) | Tom Curley

LONDON (AP) — Go ahead — just try to get away with it. If you’re willing to take the risk, you’ll pay the price.

That’s the challenge laid down to drug cheats thinking they can dope their way to success at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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