once again: Diuretic Furosemide in Gymnastics!

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will also be remembered for a number of doping scandals, one of which involved Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong, who tested positive for a banned substance after finishing last in the women’s floor exercises.

Also the Hanoi press affirmed, that the 19-year-old, who was the only female representative in artistic gymnastics from Southeast Asia, was found to have taken diuretic furosemide – a readily available drug that can be used to lose weight.

The Vietnamese Olympic team has returned home from Beijing with only the one silver medal, won by weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan.