In recent decades, athletes have used sabotage, fake blood and deliberately bad IQ tests to bend the rules. Sky News looks at how sports stars have tried - and failed - to break the rules over the years 👇
Adelstein suggested Lew may have used a vibrating device that could have given her information ahead of time.AdvertisementImage:A rugby union quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster in April 2009 uncovered the sport's biggest ever scandal - Bloodgate.
It turned out that Williams had faked his injury with a capsule of fake blood. Harlequins still lost the game. Harlequin's doctor Wendy Chapman was suspended by the General Medical Council after it emerged she cut Williams's lip to hide the use of fake blood.Image:Spain cheating in basketball at the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000 saw their whole team disqualified and athletes with an intellectual disability banned from competing for any country at the 2004 and 2008 games.The scandal unfolded after Spain beat Russia in the basketball final to win gold.
Later player Carlos Ribagorda revealed in a magazine interview he was not disabled - and had been told by the coach:"Lads, move down a gear or they'll figure out you're not disabled." Harding won gold at the championships but Kerrigan's injury healed quickly - meaning she still beat Harding at the Olympics the following month - with silver versus her eighth place.
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