OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Swimming: Strauss in the drink

Wednesday 29 July 1992 23:02 BST

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ASTRID STRAUSS, the German swimmer who is missing the Games because of a failed drugs test, claims it was because she had drunk too much beer, which, because she suffers from a rare medical condition, causes her body to produce too much of the male hormone, testosterone. So now the German swimming association is asking her to prove it. By drinking lots of beer.

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