11.   BEIJING -- China on Thursday denies that its world-class swimmers take performance-enhancing drugs, even though one of its world champions tests positive for steroids.

12.   China on Thursday denied that its world-class swimmers take performance-enhancing drugs, even though one of its world champions has tested positive for steroids.

13.   For years, American women swimmers believed they were getting robbed of gold medals in international meets, including the Olympics, by Chinese swimmers taking drugs.

14.   Most swimmers took just a few symbolic strokes before drying off.