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Poll: Doping questions cloud Americans' view of Games - USATODAY.comPublished by
7/31/08
By A.J. Perez
USA TODAY Positive drug tests or admissions of doping in
recent years have cost athletes in the Olympics' most popular sports
their records, their medals, their careers, even their freedom.
Now, with the Beijing Games set to begin next week, the scandals are threatening to cost those sports their credibility. Just over half of American sports fans believe that at least some Olympic athletes in track and field use performance-enhancing drugs. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll conducted last weekend also shows that when a track and field athlete sets a world record, more than 1 in 3 sports fans are suspicious that doping helped. Read the full article at: www.usatoday.com
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