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BEIJING: Eight Chinese athletes have been banned
after being tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during a
crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics, state press reported on
Wednesday.
Two of the athletes were with
China’s national team, including wrestler Luo Meng and men’s
swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng, whose lifetime ban was announced last week,
the Titan Sports Weekly said.
Two coaches were also barred for
life, including Ouyang’s coach Feng Shangbao and Luo’s trainer,
who was not named, the paper said.
Six other athletes at the
provincial level—two divers, two track and field athletes, a
weightlifter and a swimmer—have also tested positive for
prohibited substances, it said.
The positive results turned up
amid 5,000 drug tests administered by China since January, the paper
said.
The six provincial athletes were
banned from taking part in China’s National Games next year, it
said.
--AFP
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