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The key to catching drug cheats is random OUT-OF-COMPETITION drug tests. Most athletes have experienced team doctors to help them tail off their anabolic programs and use masking agents to avoid in-competition positive tests, and that's why many escape detection.
Interestingly, Serena has managed to avoid ALL out-of-competition drug tests in 2010 and 2011 for various reasons, which makes it very difficult to pin her down in a court of law.
In EPL football, if you miss a drug test, like Rio Ferdinand, you get banned stat. No ifs or buts. But American anti-doping enforcement and regulation is such a legal minefield it's an open secret that many of their athletes openly dope and get away with it.
Speaking of which I saw Jessica Hardy come in a lowly 7th in the 50m freestyle, way behind the half-Indonesian Dutch girl who won in record time. Hardy was incidentally banned for 1 year in 2009 for testing positive for clenbuterol (same drug that Marion Jones took), but managed to serve out her suspension in time for this Olympics.
Wonder why when all the American fingers were aimed at Ye, they conveniently forgot they had a CONVICTED drug cheat in their midst fighting for top honours. Talking about people throwing stones who live in glasshouses.
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