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== Controversy ==
== Controversy ==
Like any sport that relies heavily on purely physical attributes such as power and speed, the sport of athletics has to be vigilant for the use of performance-enhancing [[drugs]] ('''doping'''). Because of its high profile, athletics has had some of the most publicised doping scandals of any sport. These include [[Canada|Canadian]] sprinter [[Ben Johnson]]'s positive test for [[steroids]] at the [[Seoul]] Olympics in 1988, and the more recent stripping of [[Marion Jones]]' gold medals after she admitted having used performance enhancers.
Like any sport that relies heavily on purely physical attributes such as power and speed, the sport of athletics has to be vigilant for the use of performance-enhancing [[drugs]] ('''doping'''). Because of its high profile, athletics has had some of the most publicised doping scandals of any sport. These include [[Canada|Canadian]] sprinter [[Ben Johnson]]'s positive test for [[steroids]] at the [[Seoul]] Olympics in 1988, and the more recent stripping of [[Marion Jones]]' gold medals after she admitted having used performance enhancers.
During the [[Cold War]], success in sport and particularly in athletics was seen as important for American and [[Soviet]] prestige. This led to systematic doping in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly by [[East German]] female athletes, although the true extent of drug use during that period may never be known.
== Events ==
== Events ==