Presentation of steroid use program
The picture of professional athletes is worsening each day with use of drugs for building muscle mass and jumping to the top of their game by becoming bigger, stronger, and faster.
According to recent data, the use of anabolic steroids, other appearance and performance enhancing drugs (APEDs) has reached an alarming level among young people.
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Olivier Renière banned
Steroids have once again brought trouble for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football.
A running back with the Université de Montréal Carabins, Olivier Renière, was found to be using a substance on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s 2011 “prohibited list” and will be banned for two years from all CIS sports.
From Cupwire.ca:
Renière’s adverse result came out of [...]
Lallukka denies having used HGH
Finnish cross-country skier Juha Lallukka, who is presently under suspicion of a doping violation, has denied having used the forbidden human growth hormone.
The manager of Lallukka, Juha Vanhanen, said in the Finnish commercial television channel MTV3’s sports newscast Tulosruutu that the growth hormone detected in Lallukka’s A-sample originates from the [...]
Positive tests in India trials
According to NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency), ten out of 21 samples taken during a trial for the second Kabaddi World Cup have tested positive for banned steroids and a stimulant.
Kabaddi players’ samples contained prohibited steroids stanozolol, boldenone, nandrolone, and stimulant phentermine.
From Hindustantimes.com:
Doping is a major problem in Indian sport and NADA has been forced to [...]
Excess clenbuterol found in Quarter Horse World Champion
Freaky, the 2009 Quarter Horse World Champion, tested in excess of the permitted level of clenbuterol taken after his win in the Go Man Go Handicap at Los Alamitos on Sept. 11, according to a recently released California Horse Racing Board complaint.
According to racing board officials, Freaky will be disqualified from the $100,000 purse.
From Drf.com:
Clenbuterol, [...]
Four-year suspension for Hammer thrower
A suspension of four years has been accepted by Hammer thrower Matthew DiBuono of New Rochelle, N.Y. after testing positive for the presence of anabolic agents.
The thrower tested positive for the presence of synthetic steroids, according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
From Mysanantonio.com:
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday that a sample DiBuono [...]
Ban for weightlifting champion
A ban of nearly three years for doping has been imposed on Liao Hui, the Chinese Olympic weightlifting champion.
The announcement was made by Xinhua, the state news agency that also said Hui would be missing the London Games.
From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
But last year he failed a test and was stripped of his 2010 gold medal and [...]
Hardy kicked out of rehab
Matt Hardy has been kicked out of the WWE-sponsored impatient drug rehab after he violated terms of the release agreement on drug charges in September, according to TMZ.
Hardy’s behavior made staff members at the rehab facility suspicious and he was asked to give a breathalyzer test, which he failed.
From Bleacherreport.com:
After he came [...]
Steroid ring suspects make court appearance
More than a dozen of the suspects arrested in a two-year multi-state and multi-agency investigation into a massive anabolic steroid ring appeared in the Warren County Court recently.
According to court officials, thirteen people accused of using or peddling the drugs faced a judge.
From Local12.com:
The Warren County Drug Task Force and the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office [...]
Steroids affect brain development in premature babies
Powerful steroids can affect brain development in premature babies, according to a recent study.
Animal studies found that the steroids called glucocorticoids affect a certain part of the brain, as per an explanation by researcher Emily Tam, MD, of the University of California-San Francisco.
From Voanews.com:
“The cerebellum is particularly targeted, resulting in cell death and [...]