Probably because they don’t want to have the same number of doping scandals this year’s Tour de France had.

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China is almost here and the event’s organizers have begun running here and there to bring its fans the best only the Olympic Games so rightfully deserve.

In fact, the International Olympic Committee has come up with ‘’anti-doping rules'’ that they are hoping to be the answer to the somewhat dangerous trend the world of sports is in these days.

For starters, they have increased the number of tests in these Olympic events. From the 3,600 tests they made back in the 2004 Athens Olympics, they moved it up to 4,500 for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, a clear example how they want to have fair play on the biggest sporting event of the year.

There are some new elements of the ruling too, like one where an athlete may be notified and tested more than once during the same day. If an athlete misses a test on two separate occasions during the Olympic Games, or on one occasion plus twice in the 18 months beforehand, that athlete will be considered to have committed an anti-doping violation.

Quite stiff eh? Oh yeah, mere possession of the prohibited substances will also be considered a violation, whether you inject yourself with syringes or not.

As the ruling body for the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will delegate the responsibility for implementing doping controls to the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

They will act under the IOC’s authority.

The IOC Medical Commission will be responsible for overseeing all doping control processes on-site, which will be in full compliance with the IOC Anti-Doping Rules, the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Standard for Testing.

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Most Overall Medals

China 1.80

United States 2.10

Russia 15.00

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2008 Beijing Olympic Games Anti-Doping Rules