With the opening of Summer Olympics in Beijing just over a hundred days to go; and as the Olympic Torch is being relayed on all continents except Antarctica, the excitement for this big sporting event intensifies by the hour. Simultaneously, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) intensifies its efforts against steroid use.

WADA’s latest ‘trophy’ is the Greek Olympic Weightlifting Team. The surprise testing conducted by WADA, on the behest of the International Weightlifting Federation, has rocked the sports community especially in Greece. Eleven out of the total 14 members of the Greek tem have tested positive of banned substances. It was reported that the 11 professional athletes used trebelone acetate. This steroid is indicated for veterinary use to facilitate muscle growth and improve appetite in livestock and is known to cause severe virilization symptoms. Of the 11 weightlifters, six were women.

If said athletes also test positive for the second round of tests, they might say ta-ta to their chance in joining the Beijing Olympics which will be held come August. Their only recourse is for the Dalai Lama to speak for their cause, which is an improbability considering Tibet and China’s current political scenario.

With this doping scandal is still dominating local media, Greek authorities are undertaking a massive crackdown against steroids. As a result, a staggering amount of more than 90,000 pills of anabolic steroids were seized at an Athens post office on April 14.

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