2018 World Cup in Russia: 2,037 negative doping tests since January 2018 (FIFA)

"Since January 2018, a total of 2,037 tests have been conducted by FIFA, NADOs and confederations and so far, the analyses of all doping tests conducted before and during the competition have yielded negative results," announced FIFA on 12/07/2018.

The doping controls "produced 3,985 samples (1,928 urine, 1,031 whole blood, 1,026 serum), 2,761 samples were collected directly by FIFA in unannounced controls prior to the competition and 626 during it (including 108 collected on non-matchdays). On average, every player from the four remaining teams (France, Belgium, Croatia and England) has been tested 4.41 times since January, with some of them tested eight times," said the international federation.

The results of FIFA's anti-doping testing programme:
• "Adverse analytical findings: 1 (the player was in possession of a therapeutic use exemption for the substance detected)
• Atypical findings (which involve a FIFA Anti-Doping Unit investigation) that were not determined as adverse analytical findings: 3
• Therapeutic use exemptions: 2."

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