(25 Jun 2002)
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6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Toni Graf-Baumann, Chairman, FIFA Doping Control Sub-Committee:
"Nearly at the end of the world cup, the results from both laboratories dated 25th June 2002 match one to 60 blood and urine samples negative, that means once again all 240 samples."
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8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Doctor Jiri Dvorak, Head Medical Coordinator, FIFA World Cup:
"There are some rumours about the performance of the Korean team. They are just very well, physically prepared and they undergo exactly the same regulation, the same procedure as any other team, and it would be unjust to put their physical performance in spite of maybe not transparent doping control procedures so I want to put it very clearly that every team undergoes exactly the same procedure as anybody else."
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STORYLINE:
FIFA medical officials announced on Tuesday there hasn't been a single positive result among all the doping tests carried out so far in Korea and Japan.
FIFA is carrying out tests using blood samples of the players in order to step up its fight against doping, the first time it is doing so during a World Cup soccer tournament.
All the doping tests carried out so far in the current World Cup in Korea and Japan have tested
negative.
At the same briefing, the head medical coordinator of the FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002 said he regarded rumours about the exceptional performance of the South Korean team as baseless.
South Korea, coached by Dutchman Guus Hiddink, became the first Asian team to reach the final four of a World Cup after beating Spain in the quarterfinals.
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