BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked China for information on the use of steroids in raising cattle after some athletes blamed their positive doping tests on tainted beef.
WADA director general David Howman said Tuesday that “there seems to be some evidence” that Chinese cattle may have been stimulated with steroids.
A recent study by a WADA-accredited lab in Germany found that 22 of 28 travelers returning from China tested positive for low levels of clenbuterol, probably from food contamination.
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador blamed his positive clenbuterol test on contaminated meat from Spain.
German table tennis player Dimitrij Ovtcharov was cleared after blaming contaminated Chinese meat for his positive test. WADA dropped an appeal in his case.
