Concern over 2012 athletes village drug searches

Athletes’ representatives have warned that random drugs searches in the Olympic Village at London 2012 would be utterly disastrous.



British Olympic Association Chairman, Colin Moynihan has proposed a new bill in the House of Lords to strengthen anti-doping measures.



The bill proposes an increase in the police’s search powers and allows them to raid the athletes’ village.



However, the British Athletes Commission is against random searches.



Chief Executive, Peter Gardner wants reassurances that stop and search tactics will not be used on Olympic athletes at random and will raise the issue at a meeting with the British Olympic Association Chief, Andy Hunt today.



Gardner said it is extremely unlikely that anyone will risk taking performance enhancing drugs into the Village.