Information on whether members of the National tennis team have been involved in drug (steroid) use (any articles on whether the team has tested positive at international matches) [CHN11346]

Information on whether members of the National tennis team have been involved in steroid use at international matches is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.

Moreover, this type of information is not likely to be publicized or even admitted by official sources. The Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was unable to provide any information on the matter due to the fact that most IOC officials were still in Barcelona or on vacation following the 1992 Olympic Games (14 Aug. 1992). The IOC informed us, however, that it would only be able to provide us with recent results (since steroid tests have been carried out systematically only recently) on the use of steroids by Chinese Olympic participants (14 Aug. 1992). A recent article indicates that a member of the Chinese volleyball team tested positive at the 1992 Olympic Games (UPI 5 Aug. 1992). A marathon runner, a dressage rider and a table tennis player of unspecified nationalities were also to be barred from the Olympic Games (Ibid.).

Additional or corroborative information is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.

References

International Olympic Committee (IOC). 14 August 1992. Telephone Interview with the Secretary of the Medical Commission.

United Press International (UPI). 5 August 1992. F. Lief. "Commentary Staggering to an Olympic Finish."

Attachment

United Press International (UPI). 5 August 1992. F. Lief. "Commentary Staggering to an Olympic Finish."