Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of the Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport’s investigators said Monday. Each country failed to heed warnings after the 2022 world championships held in Eugene, Oregon, to improve no-notice testing ahead of the 2023 edition, the Athletics Integrity Unit said, calling the targeted testing by nation “unprecedented.” “All four failed to ensure that there was proportionate (out-of-competition) testing for their teams at the following world athletics championships in Budapest,” said the AIU, which is widely seen as the best among Olympic sports for investigating doping and corruption.
Allyson Felix is the most decorated woman in the history of Olympic track and field, winning the first of her 11 medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and the last at last year s Tokyo Games, a gold in the 4x400m relay.