Banned judo champion determined to defend title at 2012 Olympics

BEIJING - China's Olympic judo champion, Tong Wen, is determined to defend her title at the London Games despite receiving a two-year ban for doping, which will last until September next year.

Tong became the first Chinese Olympic champion to be banned for doping when the winner of the women's 78kg section at the 2008 Olympic Games failed a test at last August's World Championships in the Netherlands. She tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol.

Tong was stripped of the gold medal she won at the event, which was her third straight title at the Worlds, but she did not have to give up her Olympic medal.