The Canadian Press is reporting that the China Anti-Doping Agency’s lifetime ban of swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng and his coach, Feng Shangbao, was done to set an example: China’s decision to ban one of its top swimmers for...
Chinese swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng has tested positive for steroids and will, along with his coach, be banned from competition for life. The announcement is a “public relations disaster” for Beijing, reports Richard...
In the run-up to the Olympics, China is cleaning up its pharmaceutical industry, which the U.S. has accused of exporting tainted drugs and manufacturing the worldwide supply of illegal performance enhancing drugs. From the New...
Another concern from Olympians heading to Beijing in a few months. From the New York Times: When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of...
Shanghaiist posts a China Daily article telling that “gymnastics coaches are making their gymnasts sign a contract to stay injury-free and drug-free in preparation for the Games.” From China Daily via Shanghaiist: In...
The International Herald Tribune is reporting that China is aiding a U.S. investigation into the steroid smuggling ring: The government said over the weekend that it was cooperating with the U.S. authorities, who last week announced the largest crackdown ever on steroid production facilities in the United States and other parts of the world. American […]
The New York Times gives more details about the alleged drug smuggling ring that produces the world’s supply of steroids: A 62-page affidavit by a special agent of the Food and Drug Administration details an extraordinary level of personal involvement in the trafficking and sale of the powerful hormones by Jin Lei, the founder and […]
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency reports that 99% of illegal steroids are made from drugs originating in China: Federal authorities said yesterday that they had exposed a sprawling underground distribution network for steroids, human growth hormone and other illicit bodybuilding drugs supplied by 37 companies in China. The operation revealed a much wider, more diffuse […]
From the Times: The plot is as horrifying as it is simple. One hundred of China’s most talented junior swimmers are gathered together for a test day in Beijing in late 2001 after the city won the right to stage the 2008 Games. Fifty are chosen to remain there with the national team under the […]
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