Athletes Who Dope (PHOTOS)
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Russia's Mariya Savinova and other Russian athletes were levied with doping accusations today by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Here she is running past Kenya's Pamela Jelimo on her way to winning the women's 800m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 11, 2012.
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U.S. Postal Service Team rider Lance Armstrong of the United States raises his arms as he crosses the finish line to win the 204.5 km long 17th stage of the Tour de France July 22, 2004. It was Armstrong's sixth consecutive Tour de France—all of which he later forfeited due to positive drug tests.
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Jamaica's Asafa Powell looks at the scoreboard after running in the men's 100m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 5, 2012. Powell finished in eighth place.
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Ekaterini Thanou of Greece wins the women's 100 M final at the European Athletics Championships in Munich August 7, 2002. Thanou won in a time of 11.10 seconds ahead of Kim Gevaert (C) of Belgium and Manuela Levorato (R) of Italy.
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US sprint champion and Olympic 100m gold medal winner Marion Jones powers over the track in front of Pauline Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas (R) and Debbie Ferguson (L) of Jamaica to win the Olympic gold in the women's 200m at the Sydney Olympic Games 28 September, 2000. Jones clocked 21:84 secs, Davis-Thompson placed second with 22.27 to take silver and Ferguson placed fifth with 22.37.
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Tyson Gay of the U.S. checks his time after the men's 100m round 1 heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 4, 2012.
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Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine reacts in the javelin throw event of the women's heptathlon at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka, August 26, 2007.
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Greece's Konstantinos Kenteris (L) celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of USA's John Capel Jr. to win the 200m final at the Sydney Olympic Games, September 28, 2000. Kenteris won the race in a time of 20.09 while Capel finished last.
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Sprinter Ben Johnson wins the gold medal in the 100m sprint in Seoul in this September 1988 file photo. At the 1988 Seoul Games muscular Ben Johnson exploded from the blocks to cross the line in 9.79 seconds, four hundredths of a second faster than his own world mark. This race resulted in the biggest drugs scandal to hit the summer Games when Johnson tested positive for the steroid stanozolol. The sport of track and field, and in particular the 100 metres, has struggled for credibility since. Picture taken September 1988.
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