Record number of drug tests planned at London Games (Reuters)

LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - A jot down 5,000 drugs tests willbe carried out at a 2012 London Olympics, Games organiserssaid upon Wednesday.

The London Organising Committee of a Olympic andParalympic Games (LOCOG) pronounced a further 1,200 tests would beconducted at a Paralympic Games.
“We need to have a clever message which drugs cheats are notwelcome at a London Games,” Debbie Jevans, LOCOG’s executive ofsport, pronounced in a statement.
LOCOG signed a memorandum of understanding with UKAnti-Doping upon Wednesday to help deliver a drug testingprogramme.
(Reporting by Toby Davis; Editing by John Mehaffey; To queryor comment upon this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.comxxx)