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LONDON (Reuters) - A record 5,000 drugs tests will be carried out at the 2012 London Olympics, Games organizers said on Wednesday.
The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said a further 1,200 tests would be conducted at the Paralympic Games.
"We need to have a strong message that drugs cheats are not welcome at the London Games," Debbie Jevans, LOCOG's director of sport, said in a statement.
LOCOG signed a memorandum of understanding with UK Anti-Doping on Wednesday to help deliver the drug testing program.
(Reporting by Toby Davis; Editing by John Mehaffey)
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