London 2012 double gold medal winner Mo Farah has made the headlines again this week, as Sportsmail exclusively revealed the distance runner missed two drugs tests a year before the Games in the English capital. After failing to show up for the two tests Farah put his participation at the 2012 Olympics at risk before even setting foot on the track. But where is the line drawn when it comes to missing tests? Sportsmail gives you the lowdown on how the testers are trying to keep the sport clean. As an Olympic event, athletics is signed up to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code. Tests are carried out in one of two ways: in competition or out of competition.WADA define in-competition testing as ‘the period commencing 12 hours before competition... through to the end of such competition and the related sample-collection process.’ Out-of-competition testing is generally deemed to be more effective as little or no advance warning is given.Sportsmail reveal Mo Farah missed two drugs tests before London 2012Farah could have risked his two gold medals before even reaching trackSportsmail answers the need-to-know questions about drugs testing in athletics
Both athletes will have had UK Anti-Doping (_ tests on top of that.