WADA wants China's border detection to match high level of Olympic drug-testing facilities

The World Anti-Doping Agency is urging China to ensure its standards for intercepting banned substances matches its testing facilities for drug cheats at the Beijing Olympics.

WADA officials, meeting in Sydney to discuss cross-border investigation powers in the anti-doping fight, have asked Chinese authorities to increase customs and immigration checks to prevent performance-enhancing drugs reaching the Olympics.

The global anti-doping agency was again close to an agreement with international police body Interpol, WADA president John Fahey said.

"We believe that we've got some commonalities, some common purpose ... sometimes there's a belief …