Beijing Doping Still Being Uncovered

Months after the Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has announced that a further three athletes have been found guilty of doping violations and disqualified accordingly.

Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, both from Belarus have tested positive for abnormally high levels of testosterone, which is used to increase protein synthesis and increases strength and power.

Polish canoeist Adam Seroczynski, was disqualified after been found to use the anabolic steroid, Clenbuterol, which is mainly used for weight loss.

The two Belarusian athletes will have their medals stripped from them after using performance enhancing drugs to cheat their competitors in the hammer throw. Devyatovskiy’s silver medal has now been handed over to Krisztian Pars and Tsikhan’s bronze will go to Japan’s Koji Murofushi.

Devyatoskiy’s penalty could be as harsh as a lifetime ban from the sport after taking into account this being his second doping violation.

This brings the total count of doping infringements for the 2008 Olympic games to nine, which is expected to rise after the IOC carryout retrospective testing for CERA in 2009. Drugs like Dianabol seem to be a thing of the past, athletes are now looking for new, undetectable ways of cheating the sport which creates a whole new level of testing by the IOC.