Volunteering as a doping control officer at the Athens Olympics 2004

摘要

Swimming competitions were included at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.Swimmers jumped off a boat into the Zea yachting marina in the port of Piraeus and swam towards the finish line on shore - quite a different setting from the impressive swimming facilities at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens in 2004.Moreover,when welcoming home the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games on 13 August 2004,the Athens 2004 Olympic Committee made sure to emphasise the importance of the Olympic values which,although sometimes forgotten in this modern age of competitive sporting,were the foundation of the original games in Ancient Greece.The modern problem of performance enhancement is fundamentally contrary to these values of ethics,equality,honesty and fair-play,and to the spirit of the games.