Ben Johnson:
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- After Johnson won the 100m sprint in world-record time at the 1988 Olympics, it was found that he had tested positive to the anabolic steroid, stanozolol.
- He was stripped of his gold medal and world record
- Banned from his sport for 2 years, he was publicly shunned by members of his country, Canada.
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| Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson |
Shane Warne- In 2003, Shane tested positive to Diuretic drugs
- He was found guilty and was banned from his sport for 1 year
Ben Cousins
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- Ben was sacked by West Coast Football Club after his car was stopped and searched for drugs.
- He was arrested for drug possession
- Banned for 12 months by AFL, he was ordered to go to drug rehabilitation in the USA
- When he returned to AFL, he was ordered to submit regular drug tests, up to 3 times a week, and have his hair tested up to 4 times a year.
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| Australian footballer Ben Cousins |
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| Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo |
- In May of 2011, Cielo tested positive for the banned substance furosemide. Furosemide is a diuretic often used to help lose weight, but is also a masking agent which may hide the presence of other drugs
- Cielo claimed the positive drug test was a result of a cross-contamination
- CAS let him off with a warning
- The CAS decision allowed Cielo to compete in the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, generating controversy among other competitors
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| Spanish cycler Alberto Contador |
- In September 2010, Contador revealed that a urine sample he had given on 21 July, a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France, had contained traces of clenbuterol
- He claimed that food contamination was to blame
- Contador's urine sample, taken during the day before his clenbuterol positive sample, was reported to contain plastic residue indicating possible blood doping
- A theory has circulated that blood doping could account for the minute traces if the clenbuterol was introduced through a transfusion of already contaminated blood, rather than ingestion or injection
- In late January 2011, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) proposed a one year ban, but it subsequently accepted Contador's appeal and cleared him of all charge
Andreea Răducan
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Several days after the competition concluded, the IOC announced that Gymnast Andreea Răducan had tested positive for pseudoephedrine, a banned substance at that time.
Romanian gymnast Andreea
Raducan - Amânar, her compeditor and teammate, had also tested positive for Nurofen, but as she was taller and heavier than Răducan, the substance did not register as being over the allowed amount as it had with her younger teammate.
- She had followed the treatment plan set by the team physician, Ioachim Oana. The night before the competition, she had been given Nurofen, a common over-the-counter medication, to help treat a fever and cough. She also said that the pills had made her feel dizzy instead of helping her in any way. The Nurofen was spiked with the pseudoephedrine
- Despite strenuous appeals from Răducan, her coaches, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation and certain members of the gymnastics community, she was stripped of her gold medal
- Răducan's test samples from the team and vault event finals were clean; she was therefore allowed to keep the medals she won in these competitions
