{"id":140989,"date":"2015-04-30T05:30:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=140989"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:21","slug":"anderson-silva-to-be-subjected-to-random-drug-tests-for-taekwondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-to-be-subjected-to-random-drug-tests-for-taekwondo\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva To Be Subjected To Random Drug Tests For Taekwondo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anderson-Silva-Shocked.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anderson-Silva-Shocked.png\" alt=\"Anderson Silva Shocked\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anderson-Silva-Shocked.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anderson-Silva-Shocked-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anderson-Silva-Shocked-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Anderson-Silva-Shocked-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Anderson Silva wants to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games, he will have to be open to random out of competition drug testing in taekwondo tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Silva first <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/anderson-silva-compete-2016-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed interest<\/a> in trying out for his National Taekwondo team earlier this month. When an olympic taekwondo practitioner called him out and basically <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/pshh-olympics-brazil-tkd-fighter-says-anderson-silva-jokee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laughed at &#8220;Spider&#8221;<\/a>, Silva responded by saying he was willing to get &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/anderson-silva-dont-hate-olympics-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embarrassed<\/a>&#8221; if it meant trying out.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian Agency of Doping Control secretary Marco Aurelio Klein recently told <a href=\"http:\/\/globoesporte.globo.com\/taekwondo\/noticia\/2015\/04\/dirigente-ainda-nao-preve-testes-em-spider-nao-tenho-essa-preocupacao.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globo Esporte<\/a> the former UFC champion would not get any special treatment and would be treated like any other fighter. &#8220;If he\u2019s competing in official tournaments at the Brazilian Taekwondo Federation (CBTKD), he will be under the ABCD\u2019s jurisdiction, so, like any other athlete, he can be subject to in- and out-of-competition tests by the ABCD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! 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