Probe: Doping widespread in Australian sport


SYDNEY: Drug use is widespread in Australian sport, with growing links to organised crime, according to a damning official probe released Thursday that points to "clear parallels" with the Lance Armstrong case.

The Australian Crime Commission inquiry identified common use of prohibited substances including peptides - a type of stimulant - hormones and illicit drugs, with no professional sporting codes immune to the scourge of doping.

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