Doping at the Paralympics

Yes that headline is correct, athletes are being disqualified at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics for doping. Even the physically challenged aren't above cheating to get an edge.

9/8/08
Beijing, China - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) today announced the first anti-doping rule violation, which occurred at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Pakistani powerlifter Naveed Ahmed Butt returned an adverse analytical finding of the anabolic agent, methandienone metabolites, which is on the 2008 list of prohibited substances. The urine sample was taken during the out-of-competition period, on 4 September 2008.
In accordance with the IPC Anti-Doping Code, and after a hearing of the IPC Anti-Doping Committee, the IPC ratified the decision to disqualify Mr. Butt from the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. A sanction of two years ineligibility was imposed.
This ruling is in accordance with article 12.1 and 12.2 of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. The athlete can appeal the decision taken within seven days after the notification.
As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping free sporting environment at all levels. The IPC, together with the International Federations and the National Paralympic Committees, established the IPC Anti-Doping Code (January 2004) to prevent in the spirit of fair play, doping in sport for athletes with a disability and in conformity with the general principles of the World Anti-Doping Code.

That isn't the only story from the 2008 Paralympic Games.

German wheelchair basketball player Ahmet Coskun was sent home for doping at Paralympics Games: 9/9/08

The Paralympics suffered its second doping scandal in as many days, with a German wheelchair basketball player sent home for taking a drug he said was meant to fight hair loss. A statement from the German National Paralympic Committee said Ahmet Coskun had tested positive for finasteride after a pre-competition urine test on August 23. Coskun reacted to the message shocked: " I did not think of my hair and had notion that the hair stature means contains a forbidden substance. I am dismayed, Doping me never into the sense came completely. “

"I was thinking about my hair and had no idea that the drug contained a banned substance. I'm very upset. I never intended to do doping," Coskun said
German chef de mission Karl Quade expressed regret at the news. "We take the issue of anti-doping very seriously. We've been carrying out an intensive anti-doping campaign for years in cooperation with NADAg (the German anti-doping agency)," he said in a statement.
Coskun, 33, who played for Germany in three of their pool matches but not in Wednesday's 73-63 win over Iran, will return home soon, German paralympic chiefs said.

There's more:

Two more powerlifters have been expelled from the Beijing Paralympics and banned for two years after failing doping tests, the International Paralympic Committee said on Thursday.
Facourou Sissoko of Mali tested positive for boldenone metabolite, a steriod, on September 6, the day of the opening ceremony, and Liudmyla Osmanova of Ukraine returned an adverse analytical finding of 19-Norandrosterone, also a steriod, in a test conducted on August 29, the IPC said in a statement.