| Thousands of people turned out before sunrise in | | | | conference, “ There will be cheaters . |
| Vancouver for a chance to see California Gov. Arnold | | | | The one thing I will declare is that it’s more likely |
| Schwarzenegger carry the Olympic torch along the | | | | they will be caught than in any other games in our |
| Stanley Park seawall on the star-studded final day of | | | | history.” Any athlete who tries to cheat at the |
| the cross-Canada relay. Schwarzenegger began his | | | | Vancouver Winter Games by taking banned |
| leg with the flame at 7:03 a.m. PT just as the sun | | | | substance is more likely to get caught than at any |
| began to come up, surrounded by hundreds of | | | | other 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 on | | | | number 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 to | | | | The 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 Olympics | | | | February which is a 1,350-square-foot, $8.9-million |
| organizing committee Vanoc, said the star will play a | | | | state-of-the art anti-doping lab in the Richmond |
| crucial role on Friday. | | | | Olympic Oval. |
| This falls under the eve of the 2010 Vancouver | | | | More than 2,400 tests will be administered during the |
| Games as anti-dopers from World Anti-Doping | | | | 2010 Olympic and Paralympic games, more than in any |
| AgencyWADA have already caught more than 30 | | | | other winter Olympics. |
| athletes using steroids, human growth hormone HGH | | | | The 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, said | | | | and once inside, you see something that looks like a |
| none of the more than 30 athletes who failed | | | | CSI lab complete with beakers and mysterious |
| pre-Games testing will be in Vancouver. WADA | | | | machines. |
| president John Fahey said at the pre-Olympic news | | | | |