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　　Every Olympics has its doping scandal. Many believe no Olympics have adopted harsher measures against athletes using banned substances than the just-ended Turin Winter Olympic Games in Italy. It was reported that doping control officers even disguised themselves if they had to. However, doping scandals appeared when the Games’ curtain was almost rung down.

　　Turin doping scandals

　　Russian athlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal after she failed a drug test. She was the first athlete caught for doping at the Turin Games.

　　Also at the Games, doping control officers raided the Austrians’ lodgings twice. They took several athletes in for urine tests. The police seized some medicine and medical equipment. But nothing illegal was found in the end. A suspicious incident happened soon after the raid. Two Austrian athletes flew back to their country despite the events they had been supposed to compete in.

　　Anti-doping laws

　　In Italy a positive finding of doping could have serious results. The country has some of the most severe sports laws. An athlete can receive criminal charges if he’s found doping and have to serve up to 3 years in jail.

　　No one could be put into jail because of any doping scandals during the Turin Olympics as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had agreed with Italy in advance that the country’s anti-doping laws wouldn’t be applied during the Games.

　　The Turin Olympics shows that sports authorities could work together with public authorities to make sure competitions are fair. But the raids could have hurt Austria’s bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.