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Cheap Shot World record-holder Mark Warnecke's decision last October to speak out against what he considers to to be widespread doping in sport found little favour with the masses. One campaign suggested by the German team last January in Perth involved publishing all drug test results of national team swimmers in order to establish steroid profiles. Much to Warnecke's annoyance, the DSV never exploited this initiative. In his swim bag he found an empty hypodermic needle, placed there as a tasteless mockery to his and Bremer's claims that performance-enhancing substances could be found in swimbags around the world. Warnecke praised the strict anti-doping moves recently made in France and said he was disappointed that opposition to his actions was expressed so cheaply.