Beijing Olympics: Chinese Backstroke Swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng Banned For Life

25-year-old Chinese backstroke swimmer Ouyang Kunpeng has been banned for life by Chinese Swimming Association on Friday after he failed an out-of-competition drug test on May 1, 2008. Feng Shangbao, Ouyang's coach has also received a life-time ban.

This is a shocking news to Chinese contingent just six weeks before the start of Beijing Olympics. Chinese swimmers were involved in a series of doping scandals in the 1990's.