Doping In Sports Quiz

Sharapova claimed she took meldonium for health reasons, but it was added to the banned substances list in 2016. She was initially banned for 2 years which was later reduced to 15 months on appeal.

Marion Jones at the 2000 Olympic Games, became the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics. In 2007, however, she admitted to having used banned substances and subsequently returned the medals.

Gatlin returned to competition after serving a suspension, winning gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) oversees global anti-doping measures across all major sports and international competitions.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in shot put, but tested positive for stanozolol and was stripped of the medal. She later received a life ban in 2005. Korzhanenko refused to return the gold medal.

Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was disqualified at the 1968 Olympics for alcohol use.

Cycling was among the first to implement Olympic drug testing at the 1968 Games.

Lance Armstrong, stripped of seven Tour de France titles due to doping, represented the U.S. Postal Service team during his victories from 1998 to 2005.

Nesta Carter tested positive for the banned stimulant methyl hexane amine in a reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Olympics, leading to the disqualification of Jamaica's relay team.

Linford Christie of Great Britain won the silver medal in the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after Ben Johnson's disqualification. He later won gold in the same event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.