CHINA'S sports ministry has ordered an investigation into the systematic doping of teenage pupils at an athletics school in Liaoning province, the state media reported yesterday.
Officials from the Chinese Olympic Committee's anti-doping commission raided a training camp used by Liaoning Anshan Athletics School on 8 August and caught staff injecting students with banned substances, Xinhua news agency reported.
The athletes were preparing for provincial games.
Further investigation discovered illegal substances, including erythropoietin (EPO) and testosterone, as well as hypodermic needles in the headmaster's room.
Staff at the Anshan school face criminal charges under China's anti-doping code.
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