Out-of-Competition Testing

In addition to the in-competition testing program, the PASO MC also conducted out-ofcompetition

testing (OOCT) throughout the Games. Athletes were randomly selected and

the testing took place at the Pan American Village (Village). In general, the OOCT

program went well. The key observations were:

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The PASO MC tried to use the Anti-Doping Administration and Management

System (ADAMS) to conduct athlete selection for the OOCT Program. While this

was an effective way of conducting the selection, it was dependent on the Team

Lists being entered into ADAMS which was impossible to fulfill do due to the lack

of accuracy of the information provided to the Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

and problems related to the availability of ADAMS in the beginning of the Games.

The PASO MC decided to establish a back-up plan with the creation of an Excel

spreadsheet where all the athletes were included in order to perform a random

selection for OOCT.

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The IO Team was pleased with the randomized process that was used for the

selection of athletes for OOCT two days before the beginning of the Games. The

approach of selecting one athlete per country for smaller delegations and 5% for

delegations with more than 50 athletes was appropriate. The Team Lists delay

resulted in difficulties in the normal start of the OOCT Program and also in the

lack of fulfillment of the total of OOCT that were planned by PASO MC for the

Games. Nevertheless the IO Team would like to congratulate the PASO MC for

taking into consideration similar problems faced in Rio 2007, making

improvements in Guadalajara 2011.

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The total number of OOCTs was lower than initially planned - not only urine

sample collection but also blood and urine for EPO detection. This situation was

related mainly with difficulties in getting the list of participants and their location

from the LOC, but also with the lack of cooperation of some delegations and

difficulties in the coordination of the doping control personnel during the first

days of OOCT at the Village. No OOCT was performed on athletes that didn’t stay

in the Village during the Games.

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