21.   Gola underlined that athletes testing positive for banned substances can be disqualified for up to four years in athletics.

22.   He said one athlete tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the world pushing championships in Monaco in September and had been suspended for two years.

23.   In the latest cases of drug abuse at the Arab Games, two women athletes tested positive for using banned substances and were disqualified, officials said Wednesday.

24.   In the latest cases of drug abuse at the Arab Games, two women athletes tested positive for banned substances and were disqualified, officials said Wednesday.

25.   IOC drug chief Prince Alexandre de Merode said Monday that an athlete tested positive for the steroid nandrolone at the Bislett Games in late July.

26.   Leading Australian officials want the IOC to remove substances found in common medicines which provide no real performance-boost but cause unwary athletes to test positive.

27.   No Chinese athlete has tested positive so far at the games.

28.   No athlete tested positive for EPO in Sydney and the test was criticized as ineffective.

29.   No internationally competing Barbadian athlete has ever tested positive for using banned substances, The Nation reported.

30.   Reports said two other unidentified athletes had also tested positive for darbepoetin.