9 Athletes Suspended BEFORE The Olympics Begin
9 Athletes Suspended BEFORE The Olympics Begin- One Given 4 year Ban- 8 Given 2 Year Suspensions
IAAF suspends 9 athletes in 'sophisticated doping' cases ahead of the London Olympics
BBC News/AP, Wednesday, 25 July, 2012
The IAAF says it has suspended nine athletes ahead of the London Olympics for doping offences, including three who were caught in retests of samples from last year's world championships.
The governing body says six were caught in biological passport tests, which measure changes in an athlete's blood profile. The others were in retroactive testing from the championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Eight of the athletes received two-year suspensions, while one was handed a four-year ban.
The IAAF says the cases involved "sophisticated doping," including one involving human growth hormone and two of synthetic testosterone.
IAAF president Lamine Diack says the announcement shows the governing body will "do everything in our power to eradicate cheating."
A picture, (on the Attachment below this report), shows the doping control kits issued to all athletes should they be tested for banned enhancement drugs at the Team GB training camp at Loughborough University in central England on July 16;2012 ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
As athletes get ready to smash Olympic records in London;scientists are in a high-stakes race of their own to develop a test that will unmask anyone altering their genes in a desperate quest for gold.
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Doping Control Kit photo below- Credit: Lindsey Parnaby , AFP/Getty Images
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