Rogge is confident that Turin will deliver a successful Winter Olympics

Rogge also announced that systematic blood tests would be carried out for the first time, and all samples kept for the next eight years.

"Thousands of athletes will compete cleanly and fairly," said Rogge.

"We have a duty to put in place the strongest measures to trap the small minority who cheat."

A total of 1,200 tests will be carried out in Turin but Rogge said he was concerned about the slow reactions from Governments to approve the World Anti-Doping Code.

"We express the hope that the governments will abide by their promise to have adopted the Code by the first day of the Turin Games," he added.

Rogge said he hoped there would be no repeat of the judging scandals that plagued the Salt Lake City Games four years ago.

"In another area where there have been challenges in previous Summer and Winter Games, namely judging and refereeing, the IOC is delighted to see that good progress has been made.

"A number of new rules and processes have been introduced in several sports. The athletes indeed deserve to be judged according to a fair and transparent system.

"The international federations have truly embraced this message, and for this I thank them," he said.