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WADA lifts Bangkok anti-doping lab’s suspension

In this file photo taken on Dec 17, 2020, the World Anti-Doping Agency headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. (AFP photo)

The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday the lifting of the National Doping Control Centre in Bangkok’s suspension, imposed in November 2019 for failing to conform with international lab standards.

The immediate reinstatement of the laboratory’s accreditation allows it to resume its anti-doping activities, including analysis of urine and blood samples, WADA said in a statement.

The facility had its accreditation revoked initially for a six-month period for “non-conformities” identified during a site visit and subsequent follow-ups of the laboratory’s routine activities.

These related to “the application of the GC/C/IRMS procedures and elements of the Athlete Biological Passport,” WADA…

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