Arnold Schwarzenegger Runs 2010 Olympic Torch Rely Despite Past Steroid Use

Thousands of people turned out before sunrise inconference, “ There will be cheaters .
Vancouver for a chance to see California Gov. ArnoldThe one thing I will declare is that it’s more likely
Schwarzenegger carry the Olympic torch along thethey will be caught than in any other games in our
Stanley Park seawall on the star-studded final day ofhistory.” Any athlete who tries to cheat at the
the cross-Canada relay. Schwarzenegger began hisVancouver Winter Games by taking banned
leg with the flame at 7:03 a.m. PT just as the sunsubstance is more likely to get caught than at any
began to come up, surrounded by hundreds ofother Olympics in history, the president of the World
screaming fans.Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday. But Fahey said the
The California governor, who will be a torchbearer onnumber of disqualified athletes is 'significant' and shows
Friday in the run-up to the Games' opening ceremony,the effectiveness of pre-Games testing.
confessed in 2005 he had used steroids on his way toThe Vancouver organizing committee unveiled its
becoming a seven-time Mr. Olympia.secret weapon for doping-free Winter Games in
But John Furlong, the chief executive of OlympicsFebruary which is a 1,350-square-foot, $8.9-million
organizing committee Vanoc, said the star will play astate-of-the art anti-doping lab in the Richmond
crucial role on Friday.Olympic Oval.
This falls under the eve of the 2010 VancouverMore than 2,400 tests will be administered during the
Games as anti-dopers from World Anti-Doping2010 Olympic and Paralympic games, more than in any
AgencyWADA have already caught more than 30other winter Olympics.
athletes using steroids, human growth hormone HGHThe stakes are high, and so is the security. There are
or other performance enhancing drug.multiple sets of secure, locked doors to get through,
David Howman, the agency's director general, saidand once inside, you see something that looks like a
none of the more than 30 athletes who failedCSI lab complete with beakers and mysterious
pre-Games testing will be in Vancouver. WADAmachines.
president John Fahey said at the pre-Olympic news