The BIGGEST Doping Scandals In Olympic Games HISTORY..

Welcome back to Sports Dive. Some athletes seeking to push the boundaries of their personal performance may find it tempting to grab a competitive advantage by looking beyond their training and nutrition. And on the world’s biggest stage, at the Olympic Games, there are all too many instances of athletes who have turned to the use of a chemical advantage to gain a leg up on their fellow competitors. Most performance-enhancing substances are banned in sports, but there are still many that either can’t be reliably detected or that have yet to be classified. In Olympics history, cheaters often face swift punishment, but sometimes, official rulings take years to resolve. Secondary drug tests may catch the offender after the competition, or arbitration may drag on. And no matter how clearly the rules are defined, debates over what actions should be punished, and how severely, endure.

Here are some of the biggest doping scandals in modern Olympics history. Lance Armstrong (USA), 2000, After his first Tour de France victory in 1999, American cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong immediately became an icon of resilience. Luiza Galiulina (Uzbekistan), 2012, Luiza Galiulina was a gymnast from Uzbekistan who in 2012 was set to make her second appearance at the Summer Olympics in London. After testing positive for furosemide, a diuretic that is considered to be a masking agent or weight-loss supplement, Galiulina was provisionally banned from the games. Marion Jones (USA), 2000, Russian team, 2012, 2014 & 2016, Ben Johnson (Canada), 1988, Nicklas Backstrom (Sweden), 2014, Andreea Raducan (Romania), 2000, Tyson Gay (USA), 2012, Ross Rebagliati (Canada), 1998 and Johann Muhlegg (Spain), 2002.

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