{"id":298,"date":"2012-09-24T04:06:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T04:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:28:58","slug":"the-first-ever-olympian-to-be-disqualified-from-a-games-for-drug-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"The first-ever Olympian to be disqualified from a Games for drug abuse."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mexico City Olympics in\u00a01968 were the first\u00a0games to introduce anti-doping laws which resulted in Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall becoming the first-ever Olympian to be disqualified from a Games for drug abuse .<\/span><\/h3>\n

A\u00a0steady hand and nerves of steel are required for competitive pistol shooting. Swedish Modern Pentathlete, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall,\u00a0achieved this by\u00a0steadying\u00a0his nerves with a strong drink. Unfortunately, the\u00a0newly-introduced anti-doping laws\u00a0tested for performance-enhancing substances. The tests showed\u00a0Liljenwall\u00a0\u00a0to have\u00a0“excessive quantities” of alcohol in his system. He\u00a0confessed to competing under the influence of “two beers” and had to return his bronze medal.\u00a0\u00a0His teammates were also\u00a0forced to return their gongs after a lengthy inquiry.\u00a0With hindsight, they were perhaps hard-done-by: as many as 14 of Liljenwall’s rivals are rumoured to have tested positive for tranquillizers during the pistol-shooting in Mexico. But they went unpunished, because tranquillizers were, at the time, not on the official list of banned substances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hans Gunnar Liljenwall from Top 10 Athletes Who Lost Their Olympic Medal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Someone who knows about\u00a0drug use, is Chester Toyes in\u00a0Teddy Bear\u2019s Picnic .<\/h3>\n

This is a murder mystery game for 6 Players by ITM Games<\/h4>\n

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Set in the 1980\u2032s world of big business and fluffy toys.<\/p>\n

You are invited to the launch of the new range of\u00a0toys called \u201cTeddy Bears Picnic\u201d, where things are not as innocent as they seem.<\/p>\n

A year ago Theo Edwards, co-founder of the Edwards toys company died of a drugs overdose. The company was taken over by co-founder, Chester Toyes. The other co-founder of Edwards toys, Penny Whistle, remained at the company as a toy designer.<\/p>\n

Ryan Storey is a journalist sent to cover the launch of the new product range. But what else will he discover about the company founders and the others on the estate such as<\/p>\n