.NOT AS LONG ago it appeared that the Olympics was actually succeeding its own battle with drug cheats. Retests of examples coming from rivals at the Beijing and London games led to more than one hundred champions being actually excluded for doping. This tally highlighted the frequency of drugtaking in Olympic sports, yet likewise the excellence of anti-doping authorizations.
The creation of the Planet Anti-Doping Company (WADA) in 1999 had presented that the sports world was serious about finishing cheating. High-profile dopers, such as Marion Jones, an American athlete, were actually penalized retroactively. At the same time a new production of athletes like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps exceeded without the assistance of outlawed substances.