Yes, this is precisely the point of the article. It isn't intended to spot them going to a drug lab etc it's intended to allow drug testers to find them when they perform random out of competition tests.
The case of Christine Ohuruogu (and many others) shows that athletes don't always tell drug testers where they are going to be and I am sure that many would much prefer an automated system. Then the clean ones won't accidentally be somewhere else and the dirty ones can't claim to have been "accidentally" somewhere else.
It would get rid of the uncertainty associated with missed drug tests.
Implanting the chip is not necessary and was probably only included in the article to get people discussing it.
Slashdot Mirror
Of course those Europeans insist on using 220V.
Actually it's 230V +/-10%. Nicely fudged to accommodate the original 220V and 240V standards across the continent. http://users.metro2000.net/~purwinc/seec2_2.htm
Yes, this is precisely the point of the article. It isn't intended to spot them going to a drug lab etc it's intended to allow drug testers to find them when they perform random out of competition tests.
The case of Christine Ohuruogu (and many others) shows that athletes don't always tell drug testers where they are going to be and I am sure that many would much prefer an automated system. Then the clean ones won't accidentally be somewhere else and the dirty ones can't claim to have been "accidentally" somewhere else.
It would get rid of the uncertainty associated with missed drug tests.
Implanting the chip is not necessary and was probably only included in the article to get people discussing it.