Golden Rein At The Olympic World Mind Sports Games
IN China preparations are underway for the Olympic Games and:
China will test bridge and chess players for performance-enhancing drugs at the first World Mind Sports Games in Beijing in October. The games comprise four mind sports — including checkers and Go — and about 3,000 participants from about 100 countries will compete for 35 gold medals in the inaugural Games, Oct. 3-18, a few weeks after the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Bridge players being tested for drugs, banned substances that include gin, tonic and lemon wedges.
The World Mind Sports Games follow the Paralympics, which follow the Olympic Games. When all the data is in, gold medals will be awarded to the contry’s with the best urine.
Faster, Longer, Straighter – as they say at the Olympic urinals…
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