Topic: Weight Loss News – China’s athletes test clean even as nation pumps out the steroids (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

Authorities in China tested 10,000 athletes last year, reaching "one-quarter to one-third of all professional athletes," said Zhao Jian , the deputy director of the China Anti-Doping Agency . When it comes to dispelling doubts, "the tendency by the Chinese press to refer to 'secret weapons' also doesn't help," said Yang, who recently co-wrote a scholarly paper on sports doping in China . Yang noted that the dramatic drop in medals won at international competitions by Chinese swimmers indicates that China may be focusing on sports where their athletes excel without doping, such as gymnastics and table tennis. Hong Kong , which fields a team separate from China , said he believes that senior officials are sincere in trying to clean up the use of drugs and to limit the export of the substances. read more

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