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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.
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.
In June 2021, Shelby Houlihan, the women's 5k and 1500m American record-holder, received a 4-year ban as the result of a positive test. [42] [43] In August 2021, Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramón Laureano received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for nandrolone. [44]
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Name Country Sport Year of violation Anti-doping rule violation / Banned substance(s) Sanction Reference(s) Fritz Aanes Norway Greco-Roman wrestling Norandrosterone, Noretiocholanolone
In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by athletes, as a way of cheating.As stated in the World Anti-Doping Code by WADA, doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the anti-doping rule violations outlined in Article 2.1 through Article 2.11 of the Code. [1]
For the Winter Olympics, the first athlete caught doping came in 1972. For the 2024 Paris Olympics specifically, ... Kia recalling 80,000 vehicles over improper air bag deployment. Food. Food.
The BALCO scandal was a scandal involving the use of banned performance-enhancing substances by professional athletes. The Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) was a San Francisco Bay Area business which supplied anabolic steroids to professional athletes. In 2002 the US federal government investigated the laboratory. [1]