Science can make doping tests more trustworthy

This summer’s Olympic games brought some incredible moments – world records, historic firsts, inspiring stories and sheer sporting panache. But the games, like so many modern sporting events, also came with a customary dose of doping allegations and related furore.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) claims to be ‘unfairly caught in the middle of geopolitical tensions’ as the world’s sporting superpowers make claims and counterclaims of malfeasance in cases where athletes have been found to be not at fault for positive drugs tests.