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Who was the first doping scandal in the Olympic Games?
The first doping scandal in Olympic history

1904 the third Olympic games was held in St. Louis, USA. The marathon champion was won by Hicks of America. But it was later discovered that he cheated in that competition, and it was his coach who revealed the truth. Seven miles from the finish line, Hicks was exhausted and wanted to quit the race. I persuaded him to give him two injections and drink a glass of French brandy, which made him highly excited and he ran to the finish line. Hicks became the first person to take stimulants in Olympic history.

The biggest doping scandal in Olympic history

The biggest doping scandal in the world sports was born in 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. At that time, ben johnson, the world's "first flying man" and a famous Canadian sprinter, was disqualified from the 100 meter gold medal because he was found to have taken the synthetic steroid drug Kanglilong.

1988 At 03: 30 on September 24th, 13: 30, the men's 100 meter sprint final was held in the silkworm field of Seoul Olympic Games in South Korea, attracting worldwide attention. Two of the world's most famous sprinters, Canadian ben johnson and American carl lewis, will decide who is the world's first flying man here. After the starting gun rang, Johnson took the lead in crossing the finish line-9.79 seconds, and the whole world was boiling. International Olympic Committee President Samaranch personally made an appointment.

Bulgarian weightlifting team (1 gold 1 silver 1 copper)

Sydney Olympic Games was expelled collectively.

The Beijing Olympic Games was once again banned collectively.

In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, before the men's 77 kg weightlifting competition, the Bulgarian weightlifting team was expelled from the Olympic Games by the International Weightlifting Federation. In this Olympic Games, three Bulgarian athletes were found to have taken stimulants, namely Dellag Nova, the women's 48kg champion, Ivanov, the men's 56kg runner-up, and Mincev, the men's 62kg runner-up. As a result, the Bulgarian weightlifting team was collectively expelled from the International Federation and banned for one year. Wu, a 56kg player from China, also benefited from it. In just a few days, the bronze medal became a silver medal dramatically.

This is not the first time that the Bulgarian weightlifting team has fallen into the news. Seven of them were found to have taken stimulants in previous Olympic Games. Just before the Beijing Olympic Games 1 month, they were planted in medicine bottles again. On June 27th, the Bulgarian Weightlifting Association announced that 1 1 athletes preparing for the Olympic Games in Bulgaria had tested positive for doping, so they decided to disqualify the weightlifting team from participating in the Beijing Olympic Games.

The most innocent aggressor

Romanian female gymnast Radukan helped the Romanian women's gymnastics team win the team gold medal and vault silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Unfortunately, after the individual all-around competition, her urine test was positive and she was found to contain ephedrine. Although ephedrine didn't help gymnastics, and the International Olympic Committee thought that she was caused by taking cold medicine containing ephedrine by mistake, she still confiscated her women's individual all-around gold medal.