In Asian Games, between 150 and 200 athletes have already been tested for doping, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Monday, with no positive results so far.OCA clarified at an anti-doping press conference on the second day of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, that the dope-testing was “gaining momentum” at the continental event.Mani Jegathesan, an adviser to the OCA anti-doping committee said that up to 200 athletes have been tested so far, but any positive results will take several days to come through. He warned that players involved in drug cheats will be rooted out.Mani Jegathesan warned, “Every athlete participating in these Games must understand that they could be picked at any time, That is the best step to ensuring we have a clean event”.About 12,500 athletes from 45 countries at the 19th Asian Games are participating, more competitors than the Olympics.Doping in Asian Games 2018 in JakartaAt the last edition of the Asian Games in Jakarta Palembang in 2018 a total of nine athletes who competed in the event tested positive for doping and got banned for taking performance-enhancing drugs.They included Bahrain gold medallists Kemi Adekoya and Hassan Chani, Indias Sanjivani Jadhav and Nirmala Sheoran, North Koreas Kim Hye-song, Kyrgyzstans Nursultan Alymkulov, Uzbekistans Kumush Yuldashova, Mongolias Pürevdorjiin Orkhon, Turkmenistans Rüstem Nazarow.
