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Report on performance ASADA ANNUAL REPORT 2010:11Long-term storage facilityOur long-term storage facility is located at the <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Drug Testing Laboratory in Sydney. It isused to freeze athlete blood and urine samples for possible re-testing using future analytical technology.Under the World <strong>Anti</strong>‐<strong>Doping</strong> Code, a doping violation may be commenced against an athlete up to eightyears after the alleged event. The facility provides storage for samples for future analysis as detectioncapabilities improve over time.This initiative widens the anti‐doping net even further and reinforces our deterrence activities. Already,some substances such as CERA, undetectable only three years ago, are now detectable following advancesin technology.The long-term storage facility contains samples collected from athletes who represented Australia at theDelhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.Splitting and sealing the urine sample49

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