Anti-doping strategies to be discussed

Mahmoud Khalifa, manager of anti-doping for the Olympic Council of Asia, said the four-day International Convention against Doping in Sport is set to be held next Thursday, the Kuwait News Agency KUNA reported Monday.

Khalifa said the conference would be held under auspices of Kuwaiti International Olympic Committee member Sheikh Ahmad Fahad al-Ahmad al-Sabah and will be supervised by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Khalifa told KUNA that 15 organizations, including reprsentatives from 122 countries, will participate in the conference, as would continental sports organizations and international federations.

Discussions of strategies to raise anti-doping effectiveness, an analysis of present performance and the achievements of the past two years will be included in the conference.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.