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Athletes' unbeatable foe
The worldwide sports anti-doping program, created to fight performanceenhancing drug use in international athletics, imposes severe punishments for accidental or technical infractions, relies at times on disputed scientific evidence and resists outside scrutiny, a Times investigation has found. (15/12) Read
Keyword(s) : Doping
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