1.   In Nice the following year, Berezhnaya tested positive for a banned stimulant, which she said came from bronchitis medication.

2.   The bobsled team lost an alternate last week when Michael Dionne was suspended for three months because he tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine in November.

3.   The NHL also faces the possibility of huge embarrassment should any of its players test positive for Sudafed or other cold medicines containing the banned stimulant ephedrine.

4.   The Nagano Olympics turned into an ordeal for Dionne, who tested positive for a banned stimulant that he had taken inadvertently.

5.   A FIS meeting in Slovenia will decide whether Baxter took the banned stimulant methamphetamine intentionally or by accident, she said.

6.   Among the top high jumpers in the world, she twice tested positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine in Italy in May.

7.   Amanar was awarded the all-around gold at the Sydney Games after Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan lost her medal for testing positive for a banned stimulant found in cold pills.

8.   Another Russian Olympian was disqualified Thursday at the Atlanta Olympics after testing positive for the banned stimulant bromantan, the IOC announced Thursday.

9.   Baxter tested positive for methamphetamine, a banned stimulant which was contained in an over-the-counter nasal inhaler he was taking for a stuffed nose.