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Retesting Nails 6 Olympic Drug Cheats

New technique exposes athletes' use of banned blood booster

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2009 6:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Six Olympic drug cheats have been exposed long after the end of the 2008 Beijing Games, CNN reports. The IOC—which keeps test samples on file for eight years after events finish—rechecked 948 samples after a new test for a banned blood booster was developed. Silver medal-winning Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin is among those whose tests came back positive, the BBC reports.

Spain's Samuel Sanchez, left, outsprints Italy's Davide Rebellin, right, to win the Men's Road Cycling Race, at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Spain's Samuel Sanchez, left, outsprints Italy's Davide Rebellin, right, to win the Men's Road Cycling Race, at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena/File)
Italy's Davide Rebellin competes in the Men's Road Cycling Race at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in August. Rebellin's doping retest came back positive, according to officials.
Italy's Davide Rebellin competes in the Men's Road Cycling Race at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in August. Rebellin's doping retest came back positive, according to officials.   (AP Photo/Christophe Ena/File)
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The further analysis of the Beijing samples that we conducted should send a clear message that cheats can never assume that they have avoided detection. - Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the IOC Medical Commission

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