China swim drug find confirmed

The authorities in Australia have confirmed that suspected drugs found on a top Chinese swimmer when she arrived for the current world championships there were the banned substance, human growth hormone.

Speaking at the championships in Perth, the Australian sports minister, Andrew Thomson, said the findings were established by government analysts.

The performance-enhancing product was found in the luggage of the Chinese breast-stroke swimmer Yuan Yuan.

She and her coach were sent home, and they face a four-year ban.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service