Drugs in sport is an issue that is frequently in the news. Over the past year there has been a number of athletes linked to drug taking scams, the most publicised sports star associated with drugs use was British skiing star, Alain Baxter. He was the first British skier to win an Olympic medal when he won bronze in the slalom at the 2002 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA. Since his positive drugs test he has been striped of his medal and was banded for two years until the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the International Olympic Committee's(IOC) decision to strip him of the medal because of the IOC's strict liability rule.
Baxter failed his post-race drugs test when 20 millionth
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