Euro 2008 passed as clean tournament
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No banned substances were detected among the 300 doping controls carried out during Euro 2008, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) official Gunter Gmeiner confirmed overnight.
"What was special about this Euro was the high level of controls carried out," Gmeiner told a press conference.
Ten players from each of the 16 teams were controlled during the early rounds and then two per team for the final phase of competition from June 7-29.
And for the first time samples of both blood and urine were taken and controls included an automatic test for the blood booster erythropoietin (EPO).
The only results which have yet to be completed are from Monday morning's final where Spain defeated Germany 1-0.
-AFP
