The figure surpasses the 2,149 drug tests performed at the last Winter Olympics during Vancouver in 2010.

A total of 13 doping control sites, with 10 stationed at various venues and three in the Olympic Village, will operate during the Games, Sochi 2014's doping control committee head Aleksey Slautin revealed.

Slautin said a further 600 tests will be carried out at during the Paralympics.

Russia's Ministry of Sport and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency last month said they were preparing 570 specialists - there were 500 doping personnel at Vancouver 2010 - to be used for anti-doping during Sochi 2014.

Russia's approach to doping in sport has come under fire in recent years, with International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials, including President Jacques Rogge, and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President John Fahey urging the nation to step up its anti-doping efforts following a "worrying" series of high-profile bans back in 2010.


However, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov - who is also President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) - promised, in an exclusive interview with insidethegames, that the nation will adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards doping in the build-up to Sochi 2014 to rebuild its reputation for clean sport.

Meanwhile, Deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh said just last month that anti-doping in Russia had changed.

"The fight against doping gets the closest attention," he insisted.

"In three years, Russian law was brought accordance with international standards.

"Moreover, we have introduced administrative liability for those who use doping and involve others.

"There are no analogues to this in the world and we are set as an example."

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