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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.
The infamous "duchess" cocktail allegedly administered to Russian athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics consisted of oxandrolone, a metenolone ester, and a trenbolone ester. [ 26 ] 90 year old cyclist Carl Grove tested positive in-competition for the metabolite epitrenbolone at the Masters Track National Championships on July 11, 2018 after ...
The first positive test for the Summer Olympics goes as far back as 1968. For the Winter Olympics, the first athlete caught doping came in 1972.
Diuretics, sometimes known as ‘water pills,’ are drugs that alter the body's fluid and salt balance, increasing urine production. [10] They are used for the swelling and bloating of premenstrual syndrome, for treating high blood pressure, and in older people for heart failure caused by weakening of the heart's pumping mechanism.
In March 2016, Mariana Naumova, the only female athlete from the world's leading powerlifting federation IPF to compete at the Arnold Sports Festival, tested positive in a doping test. [22] The 17-year-old athlete was disqualified due to diuretics in her sample and suspended by the IPF sports federation for two years and fined. [23] [24]
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 ...
He stated that his opinion of such substances were "a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take." Clemens said he would publicly address all of Mitchell's questions at the appropriate time. [29] On December 23, Clemens issued an unconditional denial through YouTube. [30]