Doping Scandals
- Doping in sport
- Ben Johnson (1988)
- Festina affair, a major doping scandal at the 1998 Tour de France
- Juiced, a 2005 tell-all book by Jose Canseco in which he revealed the extent of doping in baseball
- BALCO (2004–05), which eventually led to:
- Game of Shadows, a 2006 book that alleges extensive use of performance-enhancing drugs by Barry Bonds
- Marion Jones, American athlete, admitting in 2007 that she had used a steroid popularly known as "the clear" prior to her winning five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- The Mitchell Report, in which 88 current and former Major League Baseball players were alleged to have used steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs
- The conviction of Bonds in 2011 on obstruction of justice charges related to the BALCO investigation
- Operación Puerto (2006) - a Spanish investigation into a doping scheme allegedly involving many top cyclists, including several potential contenders in the 2006 Tour de France
- Floyd Landis doping case (2006) – Floyd Landis, initially the winner of the 2006 Tour, tested positive for synthetic testosterone and was stripped of his title.
- Doping at the 2007 Tour de France – The 2007 Tour de France was rocked by a series of doping scandals. Two riders, including pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov, were disqualified for doping offenses. Both teams involved pulled out of the Tour. A third rider, who had abandoned the Tour after a crash, was revealed to have tested positive for testosterone before the Tour. The race leader, Michael Rasmussen, was removed from the Tour by his team with four stages left amid questions surrounding his possible involvement in doping.
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