Contributions are welcome.
Now for the rumours behind the news. Just when the swimming world was looking to the United States for strong leadership in the fight against doping, the proverbial brown mess hit the fan. Scandal erupted in early November when it was announced that Jessica Foschi of Long Island, N.Y. had tested positive for anabolic steroids at the 1995 U.S. Summer Nationals in Pasadena in August. The decision put U.S. Swimming president Carol Zaleski in an embarrassing position. Barely a month away from the Extraordinary Congress on Doping scheduled in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. officials had hoped to come on strong by demanding tighter doping controls and unannounced testing of all potential Olympians before the Atlanta Olympics.