Olympians in Beijing complain of spiked drinks: Where were Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson?

An Australian paper reports that at least one athlete claimed she fell ill in a Beijing bar with a spiked drink.  However, no evidence that the intent was to dope the athlete with a PED.

A number of Australian Olympic team members had their drinks spiked in a Beijing nightclub while celebrating the end of their competitions.

A female athlete - understood to be an archer - fell ill while at the China Doll bar, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has confirmed.

Another victim complained to Fairfax newspapers of suddenly feeling ill, vomiting and then passing out on a couch in the popular nightclub.

The attacks led to the AOC sending out a text message to all team members and staff, warning them to stay clear of the bar before the final weekend of the games, when most celebrations would begin.

"One athlete in particular thought she had her drink spiked in a bar and then the word went out that maybe we shouldn't frequent that bar," AOC spokesman Mike Tancred told Fairfax.

"It was fairly early on, but she had finished competition and that was the only reason she was in a bar."

As more athletes began celebrating the end of their Olympic campaigns, more reports of drink spiking emerged from the China Doll.

The AOC does not believe the alleged spikings were aimed at making the athletes fail anti-doping tests.

Paralympians last night received a warning about unruly behaviour, following the revelations of drink spiking.

We refer to the Ben Johnson charge that Carl Lewis spiked his drink with Winstrol.

Comments

[StevieG]

That is low, low down: so there were some down sides to China, when the women's world cup of soccer was held there last year, there were allegations of cheating by the Chinese looking into a one way mirror where the Denmark team planned strategies. That is a matter of record. I don't believe it affected the Danes games however but was intimidating and I believe did in fact happen and are not mere allegations.