World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is confident that all female athletes at this year¡¯s world championships in Tokyo will have undergone gene testing, after snags left some of them scrambling to meet the Sept. 1 deadline.
Athletes who arrive at the Sept. 13-21 global event without being tested can complete the process in the Japanese capital.
¡°Although the vast majority of athletes will have been tested before they get to Tokyo ... if there are outstanding athletes that still haven¡¯t been tested, we have the ability to do that in Tokyo ¡ª but that is by no means an invitation for member federations to wait until they get to Tokyo,¡± Coe said on a video call on Thursday.
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