President Xi 'hates' doping, vows tough stance for Beijing 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared that he "hates" doping, laying out a tough stance against cheating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Doping has overshadowed the Games in recent years, with Russia's Olympic committee barred from last year's competition in Pyeongchang because of performance-enhancing drugs.

Doping has also tainted China's sporting record in the past decade, with some athletes stripped of Olympic medals.

Meeting with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in Beijing, Xi said he personally objected to doping and that China has "a clear and very strong policy" on the use of drugs in sport.

"I myself hate it," Xi said at Thursday's meeting, according to the official Olympic website.

"I would prefer to have clean Chinese athletes than a gold medal, or any medal at all."
"For every venue we have visited here, we could see what the use for it would be after the Olympic Games so that the Chinese people can then really enjoy winter sports."