London 2012 Olympics – Unofficial News and InformationNews and events for the London 2012 Olympics27 July - 12 August 2012 - London, Great Britain |
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British pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline will provide laboratories and equipment to test athletes competing at the London 2012 Olympics for banned drugs, the company said on Monday.
GlaxoSmithKline will was today announced as the Official Laboratory Services Provider for the London 2012 Games.
Bahrain’s Olympic 1500m champion Rashid Ramzi is stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games.
British athletes express concern at plans for their rooms to be searched by anti-doping officers during the London 2012 Olympics.
The government announces that Britain’s first dedicated anti-doping body is scheduled to open on 14 December.
The boss of a new UK anti-doping agency says it will be targeting international drug trafficking “gangsters”.
