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For years I. O.C. Czar Juan Antonio Samaranch has exhibited a pronounced ambivalence about drug use, and certainly his stance has allowed a number of golden boys and girls to keep their images shiny while doping. Careful athletes can easily beat the system that is in place to catch drug abusers. Unscrupulous sports federations can tailor testing schedules and tip off their constituents. Steroid creams can be flushed from the system in 24 to 48 hours. And for some of the most commonly used enhancers, such as erythropoietin (EPO), there are still no institutionalized teats. It is said that EPO, which increases stamina by boosting an athlete’s red blood cell count, can improve an athlete’ s performance in a 20-minmn by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed to be the culprit in no fewer than 25 mysterious deaths among world-class cyclists since 1987.
A. The participation of cheaters
B. The untested EPO-use
C. Lack of new world records
D. Unannounced and out-of-competitive test
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For years I. O.C. Czar Juan Antonio Samaranch has exhibited a pronounced ambivalence about drug use, and certainly his stance has allowed a number of golden boys and girls to keep their images shiny while doping. Careful athletes can easily beat the system that is in place to catch drug abusers. Unscrupulous sports federations can tailor testing schedules and tip off their constituents. Steroid creams can be flushed from the system in 24 to 48 hours. And for some of the most commonly used enhancers, such as erythropoietin (EPO), there are still no institutionalized teats. It is said that EPO, which increases stamina by boosting an athlete’s red blood cell count, can improve an athlete’ s performance in a 20-minmn by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed to be the culprit in no fewer than 25 mysterious deaths among world-class cyclists since 1987.
A. When athletes take steroid creams, they would be definitely tested.
B. The testing system is not exact enough because the athletes are informed testing schedules beforehand.
C. More than half of the Olympic--caliber U.S. athletes have taken the dreadful drugs to win the game
D. Erythropoietin is a kind of drug that can enhance an athlete's performance in 20 minutes.
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