of banned performance-enhancing drugs (PEDS) in sports is commonly referred to as doping. The word doping is probably derived from the Dutch word dop‚ the name of an alcoholic beverage made of grape skins used by Zulu warriors in order to enhance their prowess in battle. The term became current around the turn of the 20th century‚ originally referring to illegal drugging of racehorses. ‘Doping’ however is as old as competitive sport itself. Modern times - In 1904 Olympics marathon
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Group discussion on Doping in sport. 22nd October 2013 Introduction - As we may all know doping can and has been a problem in some specific sports‚ cycling being the main scapegoat of course because of the Lance Armstrong scandal. However does that mean doping is not involved with any other sports. Absolutely not‚ what many people believe is that cycling is a dirty sport because so many drugs and supplements are involved‚ however they do not realise some of the sports they love are heavily
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Reality We Need To Embrace Doping in sports (Performance Enhancing Drugs) has become an issue in all sports of all levels. In the last decade the amount of players who have been caught using performance enhancing drugs has tremendously increased. Doping is considered an artificial aid. An artificial aid allows an athlete to compete at a higher level. However‚ these aids have technically been in use in sports since the Greeks first put on shoes in the Olympics. Doping is another artificial aid
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Nearly one in every ten retired NFL players has admitted to using steroids or “doping” during their professional career. Numerous other competitive sports have athletes repeatedly pumping strength-building substances into their bodies from day to day. The harsh consequences and possible suspension from the game does not faze them as they continue to put themselves in danger of the deadly side effects. According to scientists‚ steroids are substances that occur naturally‚ but they have found a way
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Doping in Sports My high school cross country coach once told me‚ “Ryan‚ greatness isn’t just given out; you have to go out and earn it. You can only earn it through an extreme amount of hard work and sacrifice.” Today how ever in the twenty first century this statement can become a lie. Greatness no longer requires the same amount of dedication as it did fifty years ago. Everyday greatness is given in the forms of needles and small pills. The doping situation in professional and amateur sports
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Doping in Sports Steroids are a bigger problem now then they’ve ever have been. They’ve always been a problem but they’ve been incognito to the public eye. The New York Times bring up a troubling issue that’s been going on for years and that is the misuse of steroids in professional level sports. The New York Times recently featured an article entitled “Steroids in Sports” Oct 11‚ 2012. In this article the times aims to convince their readers that steroid use is bad if not worse then ever before
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Issue study - blood doping Blood doping is generally known for the increased of hemoglobin throughout the bloodstream. This basically means that there is more oxygen carrying protein in the blood. Blood doping has three different types‚ Injections of Erythropoietin (EPO)‚ Blood transfusions and injections of synesthetic oxygen carriers. The athletes who blood dope are usually the ones who compete in endurance and long distance events. Competitors who blood dope believe this is best way they can
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persistently. This is a current issue of violating the ethics of sport. Some of the athletes are still taking advantage of the medical and technological advancements while the other athletes choose not to. In general term‚ doping is the use of forbidden drugs and methods by the athletes to improve their performance over the competition. Doping includes the refusal to take a doping test or even attempt with doping controls. Specifically‚ the gene doping describes as an outgrowth of gene therapy because the processes
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Sports Doping Comparisons Is there really a difference between anabolic steroids and blood doping? In reality‚ don’t they both enhance athletic performances? To solve these questions you have to figure out what are they‚ how they work and what are the side effects. Anabolic steroids‚ or more precisely‚ anabolic/androgenic steroids‚ belong to a group known as ergogenic‚ or so-called ’performance-enhancing‚’ drugs. They are synthetic derivatives of testosterone‚ a natural male hormone. ’Anabolic’
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Doing steroids‚ which is known as doping‚ is a problem in sports that needs to be stopped and needs to be stopped fast. Ask anyone with a decent knowledge of sports and current events‚ and they will tell you: nearly every week‚ another high-profile doping story makes its way to the headlines of newspapers around the world. A quick Google News search for “doping” revealed over 7‚500 results from the past week alone. The stories ranged from the lesser known 2 Youth Olympic Games Wrestlers who were
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