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Navigating Olympic Doping Controversies at CNN.com

Aired September 26, 2000 - 9:19 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The talk from Sydney, as we've been saying a little bit, is more than just about sports, it's about doping and drugs, and unfortunately that's what the conversation seems to steer to.

For more on that, let's go down to CNN.com and Leon Harris.

Hi, Leon.

LEON HARRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Daryn. Good morning, folks, once again.

Yes, there's quite a bit we've got here on the Web site for you if you're looking for some more on the story that's actually one of the uglier stories that have been coming out of the Olympics. In fact, I think it's now six athletes who have been bounced out of there. And now we've got this situation with C.J. Hunter now with -- all because of some sort of connection with banned substances.

We've got plenty of it. But we've also got some of the nicer, more pleasant stories. The front page on the Web site, as you'll see here, is about the U.S. women's softball team. They almost were the biggest upset story of these Olympics, but they came back, fantastic performance against Japan. We've got that for you in here.

But as we've talked about here, let's go -- we're going to take you to the pictures that we've got and the stories that we've got. One of the stories that probably is, to me, more heartbreaking and maybe hits you more in the stomach than the C.J. Hunter story is the story of this Romanian gymnast, Andreea Raducan. She had become the 2000 version of Nadia Comaneci, and now she has her medal taken away from her from the all-around gold because her coach gave her what is really just a simple over-the-counter cold medicine, not even something that would even enhance her performance or anything like that.

But to show you how this whole thing is so complicated, well we also have here on this page, if you come here to the bottom, check out the window we've got labeled as fast facts. And you'll see here we've got something here about Olympic drug use. And it's a guide here -- can we get it? There we go. And you'll see here what the Olympics is all about drug-wise and what it is that they're actually trying to find. In this, we've got categories that show you what these difference drugs are, the different effects they have on you and the reasons why the officials are looking for them. And they also have information in here about what these things can help you do and what they can keep you from doing, and different tests that they can be detected by and maybe not be detected by.

So we've got that for you. But we also have, on every single page on the Web site here, you can also go right to the left here in this column and find -- and go directly to the sport that you'd like to check on. As you can see here on the track and field, we've got all that you might want to read about C.J. Hunter and his particular story.

So there's lots there on the Web page. And we said, you've got all the good, bad and the ugly on the Olympics there for you, so check it all out -- Daryn.

KAGAN: It's all beautiful when it comes to you, Leon.

HARRIS: Oh, gee, thank you.

KAGAN: Thank you very much.

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