The London Olympic games started officially on Friday the 27th July 2012 like we know. The ugly news is that two athletes have already failed drug tests.
The first is Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku who was thrown out following a positive test for an anabolic steroid while the second is Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina who has been provisionally banned from the games after her urine sample showed traces of furosemide, a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent or for weight loss. The 20-year-old Galiulina, who also competed at the 2008 Games, will now have to wait for the testing of a second sample. Should that also come in positive, she would be barred from competing in London and could face a maximum two-year ban as a first-time doping offender.
Over the course of the London Games, the IOC has said it expects to carry out some 5,000 tests - 3,800 urine and 1,200 blood. Anti-doping agencies conducted thousands more in the run-up to the Olympics, nabbing more than 100 athletes in a drive to root out cheaters before the 16-day competition.
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