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Lead Stories: Friday, December 5, 2008

China Attends World Conference on Doping

Posted November 16th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Olympics, Drugs In Sports

A Chinese delegation is in Madrid to attend the third World Conference on Doping.

Led by Duan Shijie, vice-minister of the General Administration of Sport, the delegation is comprised of officials from the aforesaid administration, the China Anti-doping Agency, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and the China Disabled Persons’ Federation.

According to Duan, he will speak at Friday’s session on China’s anti-doping efforts and the measures to be taken during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

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Vision Care Institute Helping U.S. Olympic Hopefuls

Posted September 19th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Olympics

As U.S. Olympic hopefuls prepare to compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, The Vision Care Institute(TM), LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, is helping them make sure that two of their most vital body parts are ready for competition — their eyes. The Vision Care Institute, which recently announced the launch of its AchieveVision(TM) Program for Olympic athletes and hopefuls, today announced that it is donating to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) several pieces of vision care equipment to help athletes optimize their vision.
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