International Testing Agency
The organisation was created in 2018 under the supervision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to promote independence, expertise and transparency in the global fight against doping.[5][6] In January 2018, the ITA board chaired by former French Sport Minister Valérie Fourneyron held its first meeting, and appointed its director general the following month.In June 2020, re-examining the samples collected at the London 2012 Olympics resulted in the detection of over 80 cases of anti-doping rule violations which had been undetected up until this point.[12] When the ITA was created, the board was made up of Valérie Fourneyron, acting as independent chair, Uğur Erdener, vice-president of the IOC, Francesco Ricci Bitti, president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, Kirsty Coventry, chair of the IOC Athlete Commission, and Peijie Chen, president of the Institute of Physical Education of Shanghai.The initial setup costs of the ITA were covered by the International Olympic Committee, which has planned to contribute 30 million dollars over five years to support its activities.