Bangalore, July 6: India's national sports federations have been informed about the rule. Surprise checks of baggage and players' rooms may be carried out at the Games Village. The British anti-doping authorities are working with the customs to stop performance-enhancing drugs from entering the country. Checks will likely begin at the airport.
Exceptions are made in legitimate cases. Athletes and team doctors must get the clearance of the Games' chief medical officer for use of needles under proper medical circumstances.
In 2006, a similar attempt was made at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games by combining Australia's anti-doping rules and a CWG commitment to thwart drug cheats.
The IOC hasn't woken up too soon. After the IOC approved the policy in Durban in 2011, its medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist had been quoted as saying: "It (needles and other medical equipment at the Games) gives a very bad image and a bad message and can relate to misuse of drugs and doping... We do not want (athletes' medical) treatment to take place anywhere and (medicine) be administered by anyone. A doctor will, of course, retain the right to treat an athlete as he deems necessary, but we want to be kept informed."
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