The Olympic  Drug Problem
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Just eleven days into the 2004 Olympics in Athens, we have already been confronted with the seemingly common problem of drug use within sport. So much so, in fact, that it has been dubbed "The Gene Games" by chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's ethical issues review panel, Thomas Murray.    In a recent interview conducted by the New York Times, Murray talks about the impact of drugs in sport, and what effect they have on the athletes involved.
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DUBLIN, Ireland The investigation into whether Ireland&#39;s only medal winner from the Athens Olympics had a banned substance in his system has taken a twist.
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Health passports for athletes, a whistleblowing hotline and quicker sample testing could soon find a role in the fight against doping.
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NEW YORK  - Just over 1 percent of eleven-year-olds admit to using drugs to boost their athletic performance, a new study from France shows. Furthermore, four years later, 3 percent said they had used doping agents at least once during the previous month.
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis is the first Olympic athlete in Athens to lose his medal for a drugs offence.
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Greece's top two sprinters should  finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs  investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host  nation.
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The International Olympic Committee has announced it intends to investigate claims that Marion Jones used banned substances at the Sydney Olympics.
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TURIN, Italy  - The discovery of a new, highly  sophisticated steroid designed to evade drug-testers is a  positive step in the war against doping in sport although more  illegal substances are sure to surface, says Olympic chief  Jacques Rogge.
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Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have submitted written explanations to the sport&#39;s world governing body on why they missed drug tests at the Athens Olympics.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency could wind up looking into out-of-competition cases of athletes caught taking cocaine and other recreational drugs, its president said Monday.
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Reports from the Olympics Saturday, say Greece&#39;s first medal winner at the Athens games has twice tested positive for illegal substances, and could lose the bronze medal he won for weightlifting.
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When his positive dope test was confirmed, Adrian Mutu forgot to blame someone for spiking his drinks. Odd this, because athletics, swimming and cycling have taught us that
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Professional baseball&#39;s drug problem taints not only America&#39;s pastime, but a generation of young people who now must wonder if they&#39;ll need performance-enhancing drugs to compete in big-time athletics.
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Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou face misdemeanor charges for allegedly skipping drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, faking a motorcycle accident to cover up their absences and lying to investigators, the public
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Athletes who take untested illegal drugs to aid performance are "playing with their lives", MPs are told.
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ATHENS -- On the day the world track federation (IAAF) opened an investigation into alleged drug violations by two Greek sprinters and their coach, IAAF Doping Commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist said the organization had long been unhappy with Greece's approach to anti-doping rules.
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Two of Greeks most adored athletes have pulled themselves out of their host country&#39;s Olympics. Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou missed an International Olympic Committee mandatory drug test last week. Thanou and Kenteris were then involved ...