.NOT SUCH A LONG TIME ago it seemed that the Olympics was gaining its battle with drug cheats. Retests of examples from competitions at the Beijing and London games resulted in more than 100 medalists being actually precluded for doping. This tally highlighted the prevalence of drugtaking in Olympic sports, yet likewise the effectiveness of anti-doping authorizations.
The totality of the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) in 1999 had actually presented that the sporting activities planet was serious about finishing cheating. Top-level dopers, like Marion Jones, an American professional athlete, were punished retroactively. Meanwhile a brand new generation of professional athletes like Usain Screw and also Michael Phelps exceeded without the support of banned drugs.