Author(s): Caroline Hatton
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 56
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Language: English
Date Published: 2008-05-01
Dimensions: 178 x 254 x 11.43mm
Publication City/Country: Honesdale, United States
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The true, inside story of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory - the drug-detection team that tests athletes for banned performance-enhancing drugs. The team worked long nights for two weeks to detect a new, never-before-tested performance-enhancing drug called NESP (novel erythropoietic stimulating protein) during the 19th Winter Olympics (2002) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The group's work exposed three NESP users among the winning cross-country skiers. The drug users were stripped of their medals, which were then given to the rightful winners.