Freeze, says dope cop

Thousands of samples from drug tests on athletes in Athens will be stored in deep freeze and re-examined at a later date as new anti-doping technology develops, Olympic chief Jacques Rogge said today.

Vowing no let-up in the war on doping, International Olympic Committee IOC president Rogge said the record number of drug cheats unmasked at the Athens games was proof that the hardline approach was working. And Rogge warned today that figure could rise as more sophisticated tests were developed. 8220;There is that possibility,8221; Rogge admitted when asked if the number of doping cases from the 2004 Games could rise in the coming months. 8220;We will take the samples from the Games and put them in deep freeze. If new tests emerge we will re-test those samples. We can do that for up to eight years after the Games.

8220;And if the new tests reveal anything, the results will be changed.8221;