Iokopeta+and+Riona's+Olympic+study+page

media type="custom" key="20851076" Welcome to Riona's and Iokopeta's page. We are going to be studying on the influence in drugs in the Olympic games through out the rest of the term this will be the place where we put what we've learnt about our topic. First we are going to do a brainstorm on things we know about the drug use in the olymics and things we want to know. This link will take you to our brainstorm..... media type="custom" key="20840752" Now we are going to answer some of the questions on our brainstorm and more facts.. > > A video to do with ben johnson and marion
 * 1) When did they start drug testing and where?The drug testing started in mexico 1968.
 * 2)  When and who was the first time that they found someone cheating? 1972 Munich was the first time they found athletes cheating by using drugs.they didnt tell me who but they said that 7 athletes were disqualified for taking drugs.  [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpueH6kXCz2l4xdkwvW-FYvyOePMKdaj0TYmFS6XEOFKI_1Xy5]]
 * 1) Do they have drug testing in the paralympics? Yes they do.
 * 2) Why did they end up starting drug tests? they started drug testing because there are now more drugs then ever and it would be unfair for people who were honest to lose.
 * 3)  How many athletes were disqualified in the 2012 Olympic games? There were over 100 athletes were disqualified
 * 4) List of people kicked out of the olympics

What happened with Valerie Adams this year? Valerie Adams won a silver medal in the Olympics and the gold medallist Nadzeya Obstapchuck was stripped of her medal because she took drugs and Valerie Adams put up to gold. (go valerie) Obstachuck comes from a place called belarus. The drug she took was an anabolic steroid metenolone to make people more manly like to give them deeper voices more muscles and so on. Soon we will be doing a mock interview with our stars which means we will do a fake interview. The mock interview will be with Valerie Adams media type="custom" key="20954830"

media type="custom" key="21124812" Conclusion To conclude the influence of drugs in the Olympic games is very big such as having drug tests Getting disqualified for taking drugs and also ruining the athletes careers and winning a medal and then getting it stripped off you for taking drugs and not letting the real winner have their time with by giving them a worldwide medal ceremony. media type="custom" key="21124564"