Seven more athletes fail drug tests
Thursday, 3rd July 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
UPDATE: This AFP report names one of the tainted athletes, wrestler Luo Meng, and says that Luo's coach has also recieved a lifetime ban. The report implies that the others involved were provincial level athletes and not Olympic hopefuls for the 2008 games.Pre-Olympic drug testing by the China Anti-Doping Agency has outed seven more Chinese athletes, aside from swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng, who have taken banned substances (Xinhua report)
The report names no new names, but says that among the busted athletes are two divers, two track and field athletes, two swimmers, one weightlifter and one wrestler.
"Finding drug cheats is not an embarrassment to us. On the contrary, it says what a firm stance we take in the fight against doping," the article quotes Yuang Hong, head of the Chinese Olympic Committee Anti-Doping Commission, as saying after the news.
The story also says that 110-meter hurdler Liu Xiang has been tested at least six times outside of competition in the past six months.
Related:
Chinese swimmer fails drug test
Liaoning doping raid
Tags: doping, Ouyang Kunpeng, swimming, track and field, weightlifting, wrestling
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