China’s Wang Jing Barred for Life After Failed Drug Test November 14
The ban comes two weeks after the former head for the Chinese Olympics Committee admitted that most of the runners from China’s 2000 team had been disqualified for testing positive for drugs that had been banned. It had long been thought likely that these runners were abusing performance enhancing drugs to achieve their level of success. Wang has been told that she can appeal the ban if she’s willing to submit another urine sample for testing. While Wang is said to have accepted the ban she’s made statements that she never used drugs and a request for an investigation into the way testing is done. According to Wang’s results she tested positive for high levels of epitestosterone and testosterone. Her coach is also said to have received a lifetime ban.
China’s track and field athletes have been superstars in the world athletic spotlight since the early 1990s. In 1993 three of these athletes won gold medals for their efforts and earned world records in the 1,500 meters all the way through to marathons. At the time these runners passed drug testing without any trouble despite amazing skill and record breaking speeds. In 200 this changed as 6 runners had to be disqualified for failing in house drug screen in their own country.
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