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It was suggested that the Sydney 2000 Olympics games was rife with drug abusers, cheats and abusive managers. Discuss what may have led to the level of deviance found in the modern Olympic games?
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It was suggested that the Sydney 2000 Olympics games was rite with drug abusers, cheats and abusive managers. Discuss what may have led to the level of deviance found in the modern Olympic games? The 2000 Olympic games were held in Sydney, International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch says these games have been "the best ever." But after much stricter enforcement of the Olympic no-doping policy, and more accurate and thorough drug testing that disqualified many athletes, the Sydney Olympics are in danger of being remembered as the Drug Games. Forty-one would-be Olympians were caught cheating before they ever reached Sydney. Nine were thrown out after they got here. Eight were stripped of medals when drug tests showed positive. The most controversial case was that of Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan who won the all-around gold medal. Her team doctor that, without her knowledge, contained a banned substance that almost...
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