Notebook: Six weightlifters caught using steroids
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ATHENS  Weightlifting&#39;s governing body isn&#39;t about to give up its aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters, even if it jeopardizes the sport&#39;s future in the Olympics, the group&#39;s top official said yesterday after six more ...
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Athens - Two powerlifters from Azerbaijan have been banned for life after testing positive for banned steroids in out-of-competition tests at the Athens Paralympics.
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Steroids have long been sold in gyms and locker rooms, through the mail and at weight-lifting competitions. It appears teenagers can now purchase them by browsing their favorite social-networking Web site.
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This week's steroid raid is a direct result of an expanding collaboration between federal, state and local law enforcement with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16 -- Barry Bonds&#39;s weight trainer said on a secretly recorded tape that the San Francisco Giants star took an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.
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Six weightlifters tested positive for  drugs before the Athens Games, the International Weightlifting  Federation's president said on Thursday.
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Years of ignoring or downplaying steroid use among athletes have come back to haunt baseball and Olympics officials. By STEVE WILSTEIN.
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Apparently, they&#39;re going to keep testing Olympic weightlifters until all the cheaters are gone. Or maybe until the sport itself is gone from the games.
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German officials said they launched raids against international doping rings beginning late last week. The searches of homes and offices in cities across Germany resulted in one arrest; 20 others are being investigated. The raids by Germany's Federal Crime Office (BKA) were part of an international investigation into illegal trade in steroids, codenamed "Raw Deal" and run by US authorities, BKA authorities said on Monday, Sept. 24. Law enforcement authorities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Israel and Australia had found underground laboratories for steroids and other banned substances as well as pirated copies of drugs, according to a statement by the BKA.
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ATHENS, Sept. 22. - Two powerlifters from Azerbaijan have tested positive for banned substances in initial doping tests and are banned for life from the Paralympics, officials said today.
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FREEHOLD, N.J. - She just wanted six-pack abs. So in the summer of 2003, Dionne Passacantando, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader, gymnast, and vice president of her Allen (Texas) High School class, made a decision she regrets. She bought anabolic steroids from a boy on the school football team.
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THENS, Aug. 19 - Five more Olympic weight lifters have been suspended for failing drug tests, including two who were barred just before their competitions, the International Weightlifting Federation said Thursday.
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ALBANY, New York  - Nine people pleaded innocent on Monday to charges related to a suspected steroid ring accused of distributing anti-aging treatments to celebrities and muscle-building drugs to pro athletes.
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The West Coast had BALCO. Now the East Coast could be in the midst of its own steroid scandal. An illicit steroid distribution network, which may be responsible for Internet sales of performance-enhancing drugs nationwide, has been targeted by an upstate New York prosecutor. Customers reportedly included Los Angeles Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr., former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and former baseball star Jose Canseco.
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Federal drug officials say they've arrested 124 people and busted 56 labs in the largest illegal steroid investigation in U.S. history.
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NEW YORK  - Adolescents are using muscle-building steroids at an earlier age, but most stop using these drugs as they grow older, according to more than 2,500 youth who were surveyed in 1999 and again in 2004.
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By Matthew Dolan, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 9--It seemed like a routine seizure when federal customs agents intercepted a package of steroids at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.