Reeling from recent failed tests, athletics and the anti-doping agencies consider new options in the fight against drug cheats Athletics does not need reminding of the needle and the damage done. It has 25 years of scabs and scars that show it. Ever since Ben Johnson's stanozolol-fuelled body shattered the 100m world record at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 - and the reputation of the sport shortly thereafter - athletics has been fighting on two fronts: against the dopers and their often undetectabl...
Athletics fights on after Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell doping scandal
The Guardian - 20 Jul 2013 20:59
Reeling from recent failed tests, athletics and the anti-doping agencies consider new options in the fight against drug cheats Athletics does not need reminding of the needle and the damage done. It has 25 years of scabs and scars that show it. Ever since Ben Johnson's stanozolol-fuelled body shattered the 100m world record at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 - and the reputation of the sport shortly thereafter - athletics has been fighting on two fronts: against the dopers and their often undetectabl...
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