31.   The drugs were found in the luggage of female swimmer Yuan Yuan as she arrived in Perth, Australia, for the championships.

32.   The relay tied Thompson, who has never won an individual gold medal, with Kristin Otto of Germany for most golds by a female swimmer.

33.   Thompson was named as the female swimmer of the world championships last year when she won four golds.

34.   Two former East German coaches on trial for doping were let off with fines Thursday after confessing that they systematically gave performance-boosting drugs to female swimmers.

35.   For that she was named the female swimmer of the meet.

36.   Buchse is one of the top three female swimmers in Germany along with Sandra Volker and Franziska van Almsick.

37.   But the respectable times turned in by Chinese female swimmers at the Inter-City Games brought back memories of the world championships.

38.   Chinese head coach Chen Yunpeng, who has repeatedly denied the allegations of doping levelled at his female swimmers, dismissed the statement as meaningless.