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Lance Armstrong decision is bad news for drugs cheats

Innocent or not, the cyclist's decision to stop fighting doping allegations means athletes looking for better ways to cheat won't be able to hear revealing testimony

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Health

Encourage everyday exercise, not sporting elites

Opinion

The workout pill: Why exercise is the best medicine

Health

The workout pill: Why exercise is the best medicine

Features

Olympic blade runner challenges our view of humanity

Life

Olympic blade runner challenges our view of humanity

Comment

Buzzing clothes could teach you to be a better athlete

Technology

Buzzing clothes could teach you to be a better athlete

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Drug tests catch Olympic athlete eight years late

Life

Drug tests catch Olympic athlete eight years late

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Ye Shiwen's Olympic gold-medal swim 'not impossible'

Life

Ye Shiwen's Olympic gold-medal swim 'not impossible'

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Olympic extremes: Contagion alert

Health

Olympic extremes: Contagion alert

Features

Olympic extremes: Lucid dreaming

Humans

Olympic extremes: Lucid dreaming

Features

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Tale of two runners exposes flawed Olympic thinking

Testosterone and prosthetics: the latest attempts to draw the line between legality and cheating in athletics offend both science and natural justice

Opinion

Humans

Olympic extremes: Breakfast of champions

Features

Humans

Olympic extremes: A winning genome

Features

Humans

Olympic extremes: Freezer therapy

Features

Humans

Olympic extremes: Blood sport

Features

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