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L'Agence mondiale antidopage ferme le laboratoire de Rio de Janeiro

L'Agence mondiale antidopage ferme le laboratoire de Rio de Janeiro
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À quelques semaines seulement des Jeux olympiques de Rio de Janeiro, le seul laboratoire agréé sur place ne peut plus mener de tests antidopage.

L'Agence mondiale antidopage (AMA) a annoncé vendredi la suspension de ce laboratoire en raison de sa non-conformité avec les standards internationaux.

Cette suspension est gênante pour pour le Brésil et Rio de Janeiro, qui accueilleront les JO du 5 au 21 août, après des mois de tourmente politique et ses autorités municipales, provinciales et fédérales plongées dans une crise financière.

Les failles du laboratoire de Rio, Ladetec, avaient déjà été mises à jour. L'AMA avait suspendu son attestation officielle en 2012, à la suite d'un résultat positif erroné, avant que son statut ne soit révoqué en 2013.

Rio risque donc de ne pas avoir de laboratoire agréé sur son territoire pendant les JO deux ans après qu'il eut été fermé pendant la Coupe du monde de football de 2014.

L'AMA n'a pas précisé la nature des problèmes rencontrés cette fois par le laboratoire.

"La suspension, qui a été imposée en date de mercredi quand le laboratoire de Rio en a été informé, interdit au laboratoire de mener quelque test que ce soit sur les échantillons d'urine et de sang", a indiqué l'AMA par communiqué.

Les échantillons collectés auprès des athlètes pendant les prochains Olympiques d'été seront ainsi transportés dans un laboratoire situé dans un autre pays afin d'y être testés.

"Cela nous assurera qu'il n'y a pas de lacune dans les procédures et que l'intégrité des échantillons est maintenue", a expliqué le prochain directeur général de l'AMA, Olivier Niggli.

Il a ajouté que l'agence "travaillera de concert avec le laboratoire afin de l'aider à régler le problème".

Le laboratoire peut en appeler de cette suspension auprès du Tribunal arbitral du sport. Il a 21 jours pour ce faire.

La FIFA avait trouvé une solution au cours du Mondial 2014, mais cela lui avait coûté des centaines de milliers de dollars. Les échantillons avaient alors été transportés par avion jusqu'en Suisse, où ils avaient été testés dans un laboratoire agréé de Lausanne. Aucun de ces échantillons n'avait été testé après la limite permise de 36 heures suivant sa collecte.

Si le laboratoire de Rio de Janeiro ne récupère pas son attestation officielle dans les six prochaines semaines, les autres laboratoires agréés par l'AMA se trouvent à Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Bogota en Colombie, La Havane et Mexico.

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Les préparatifs des Jeux olympiques de Rio de Janeiro
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A construction worker stands behind a pile of bricks as he helps build the arena that will host Olympic handball, at Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday all the venues for South America's first games are on track to be ready when the curtain comes up on Aug. 5 next year. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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View of the Carioca Arenas at the Olympic Park for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Television viewers won't notice when the games open in just over six months, but Rio organizers are slashing everywhere to reduce millions in spending to balance the operating budget. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Partial view of the Tennis Center at the Olympic Park for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Television viewers won't notice when the games open in just over six months, but Rio organizers are slashing everywhere to reduce millions in spending to balance the operating budget. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(04 of16)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2015 file photo, construction workers build Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's attorney general is investigating bribes allegedly paid to a top government official to facilitate contracts to build venues and other works tied to next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including the Deodoro Olympic Park. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(05 of16)
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Construction workers stand inside the Carioca Arena 1 at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Television viewers won't notice when the games open in just over six months, but Rio organizers are slashing everywhere to reduce millions in spending to balance the operating budget. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of16)
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Workers replace a target during the first day of the archery test event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(07 of16)
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Workers on site during renovations of the Tom Jobim International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. The construction at the airport is in preparation for the thousands of tourists and athletes that will touch down in Rio to attend the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Workers handle spiked roller machines during renovations of the Tom Jobim International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. The construction at the airport is in preparation for the thousands of tourists and athletes that will touch down in Rio to attend the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A construction worker walks inside the Olympic handball arena inside Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday all the venues for South America's first games are on track to be ready when the curtain comes up on Aug. 5 next year. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this July 22, 2015 photo, a worker toils in the construction of the Carioca Arena 1, for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympics offer 28 sports, 300 events, 10,500 athletes and, with the exception of five football venues, it's all packed into Rio for 17 days. The Paralympics add two more weeks, and thousands more athletes. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A worker cuts the grass on the Olympic Golf course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes, has defended the city's controversial Olympic golf course, which has become a touchstone of criticism from environmental activists and is at the center of complicated legal wranglings since the course was partially carved out of a nature reserve. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A worker carries a equipment as he walks past Aquatic Stadium under construction at the Olympic Park of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 23, 2015. The head of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic organizing committee Carlos Nuzman said the 2016 games will be the motor of the biggest urban transformation of any Olympic city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A worker cuts the grass on the Olympic Golf course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes, has defended the city's controversial Olympic golf course, which has become a touchstone of criticism from environmental activists and is at the center of complicated legal wranglings since the course was partially carved out of a nature reserve. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this March 16, 2015 photo, a worker stands on the balcony of an apartment inside the Rio 2016 Olympic Games athletes village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christopher Gaffney, who spent 5 1/2 years in Rio researching the 2014 World Cup and Olympics, called the village "a transfer of wealth program from the public (treasury) to private construction firms." (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this March 16, 2015 photo, workers stand outside the Rio 2016 Olympic Games athletes village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Developers brag that the athletes' village for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics will rival a five-star resort. After the games, the village will be turned into a private condominium complex. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A worker walks past one of the entrances of the Olympic Park, that reads in Portuguese "Future facilities of the Olympic Park Rio 2016," in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. International Olympic Committee inspectors will start a tour of facilities next week. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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