August 04, 2008

Chinese Drug Company Doped Greek Olympic Weightlifters

(Beijing, China) Either intentionally or negligently, a Shanghai-based drug company, Auspure Biotechnology Co., provided vitamins to the Greek Olympic weight-lifting team that were laced with banned doping ingredients. As a result, 11 members of the Greek team tested positive for banned substances.

Greek weight-lifting coach Christos Iakovou was suspended after the results of the tests, carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agency, were released.

Five men and six women from the Greek team returned positive results for banned substances following the random tests. The entire team could now be disqualified from the Beijing Olympics because of the large number of positive results.

The Chinese government acknowledges that the Greek team was "mistakenly" doped. (more)

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