11.   China denies having any sort of organized doping program and says it is trying to crack down on drug cheats.

12.   China has denied running a systematic doping program and has stepped up efforts in recent years to weed out and punish drug cheats.

13.   FINA has rebuffed suggestions made by many Western swimmers that the Chinese are running a systematic doping program.

14.   FINA has since announced that while it was concerned with the recent doping cases, it had not found proof of a systematic doping program in China.

15.   Franke said the doping program was especially designed for women athletes.

16.   He has said his principle interest in all this is to help clean up the doping program.

17.   He said its doping program encouraged the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

18.   Its doping program, he said, encouraged the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

19.   Many Western swimmers and coaches have accused the Chinese of running a systematic doping program, but Chinese officials and FINA have blamed the positive cases on individual athletes.

20.   Testimony at the trial has shown that the young swimmers suffered unusual muscle growth and other abnormalities as a result of the doping program.