中国三名北京奥运女子举重冠军被摘牌

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VOA Chinese, Jan 12, 2017.
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chin ... 170112/3674096.html

the first three paragraphs:

"国际奥委会说，中国三名在2008年北京奥运会上获得冠军的女子举重运动员因为药检样本复检呈阳性而被剥得金牌资格。

"这三名运动员是刘春红（女子69公斤级金牌）、陈燮霞（女子48公斤级金牌）和曹磊（女子75公斤级金牌）。在对她们2008年北京奥运会检验样本的复检中，都检测出了促生长激素释放肽（GHRP-2 ）。

"星期四，共有八名运动员被国际奥委会摘牌，包括在北京奥运会获得铜牌的白俄罗斯铅球选手娜德斯达·奥斯塔普丘克，她此前由于未能通过另一个兴奋剂检测还被剥夺了在2012年伦敦奥运会获得的金牌。

Note:
(a) GHRP-2 represent "growth hormone-releasing peptide 2."

(b) GHRP-2. Peptide Sciences, undated
https://www.peptidesciences.com/ghrp-2
("a synthetic [ie, not found in nature] hexapeptide [made up of six amino acids] * * * It has a short half life with peak concentrations occurring around 15 minutes and not longer than 60 minutes after administration")
(i) Peptide Sciences is a chemical, not pharmaceutical, company.
(ii) Growth hormone, well known for promoting athletic strength, is itself banned. Because it is easy to detect growth hormone (or steroid for that matter), various chemicals have been tried to evade detection.