Genetically modified athletes: Forget drugs. There are even suggestions some Chinese athletes' genes are altered to make them stronger - MailOnline

The record-breaking achievements of China's 16-year-old Ye Shiwen in the Olympic swimming pool have caused some to suggest she is taking performance enhancing drugs

By John Naish.
The controversy over Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen’s astonishing gold medal performance this week is no longer confined to just the suspicions of drug abuse, which she emphatically denies.
It has raised concerns about another worrying — and infinitely more sinister — threat to the world of honest competition: the genetic enhancement of athletes.
John Leonard, the highly respected American director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, described the 16-year-old’s world-record-breaking performance as ‘suspicious’, ‘disturbing’ and ‘unbelievable’...Continue reading...