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11 Chinese test positive this year
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-08-12 14:02
Eleven Chinese athletes have tested positive up to now in 2004, a top Chinese
sports official said in Athens on Wednesday.
Li Furong, deputy chef-de-mission of the Chinese Olympic delegation, said 11
positive cases were found in 3,050 doping checks conducted this year, including
350 blood tests.
None from the Chinese national teams preparing for the Olympics was tested
positive, according to Li, also vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee
(COC).
Only six positive cases were from sports on the Olympic program.
Li didn't name and shame these doped athletes and neither did he name the
sports involved.
Li said 10 positive athletes were from local teams with the only one from a
national side.
"We have been attaching great importance to anti-doping battle," Li said. "We
have provided players and coaches with anti-doping knowledge and information and
tried our best to make sure no Chinese to test positive at the Athens Games."
"We have learned to do THG tests," Li added.
China is sending 407 athletes to 203 events of 26 sports
at the 28-sports Athens Olympic Games.
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