The Ice Hockey World Cup, Soccer Championships and Olympic Games are just a few of all the sporting events that have been postponed due to the current corona crisis. As a result, the number of doping tests has dropped significantly and in Russia and Spain it has also been decided not to test their athletes at all.
This is not the case in Sweden - but the number of tests has decreased.
- The safety of our practitioners and our supervisors is the most important thing for us right now - so we have pulled down a lot now. It's a lot less checks than we had planned, "Jenny Schulze, responsible for the control activities at Swedish anti-doping, tells Expressen.
The reduced number of doping tests is causing concern for active athletes, including biathlete Sebastian Samuelsson.
- It's very sad, but I hope and want to believe that once all the competitions get underway again, that you should succeed in catching those who have taken the opportunity now, says Samuelsson who believes that some see their chance to dope and get away with the.
- I definitely think it's a risk.
Mid-distance runner Andreas Almgren is on the same track.
- They get more or less green light, says Almgren.