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In March 2016, Australian triathlete Lisa Marangon received a 4-year ban ending in March 2020 for use of banned substance enobosarm. American triathlete Ashley Paulson was given a 6-month suspension for use of banned substance enobosarm because officials accepted her contention that the banned drug positive came from a contaminated supplement. [79]
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sports governing body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
For the Winter Olympics, the first athlete caught doping came in 1972. For the 2024 Paris Olympics specifically, only two athletes — Iraq’s Sajjad Sehen and Nigeria’s Cynthia Ogunsemilore ...
Diuretics can be used to pass a drug test because they increase the amount of urine produced by the body, thereby it dilutes any drugs in the urine which makes it harder to identify them. [10] Examples of diuretics and masking agents are bumetanide , chlorothiazide , furosemide , hydrochlorothiazide , probenecid , spironolactone (canrenone ...
Therapeutic use exemption (TUE) is a term used by WADA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency to denote banned substances that athletes may be "required to take to treat an illness or condition". [12] [13] These exemptions are regulated by the International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE). The detection of such substances in ...
A number of prominent figures throughout sports throughout history have been caught smoking cigarettes -- including admitted smokers and some athletes who've tried to keep the habit under wraps.
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