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MONACO — Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of the Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home. The sport's Athletics Integrity Unit says each country failed to heed warnings after the 2022 world championships held in Eugene, Oregon, to improve no-notice testing. The AIU calls the targeted testing by nation "unprecedented." At the 2023 worlds, Ecuador and Peru each took home one silver medal from Budapest and Brazil got one bronze. All those medals were in race walking.
